emotion recognition

Reading facial cues

Emotion recognition is the ability to identify emotional states from facial expressions, vocal tone, body language, or other cues.

In psychology, it describes a human skill that varies across individuals and can be impaired in certain conditions.

In technology, it refers to software that analyzes faces or voices to detect feelings: The app uses emotion recognition to gauge customer satisfaction.

Critics question both its accuracy and ethics.

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mind reading · mentalizing · theory of mind

social-cognitive ability vs. deficit

emotion recognitionface blindness

Cannot distinguish individual countenances

emotional transparency

emotion recognitionpoker face

Intentionally expressionless look

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