Here's why you can still read the mind of someone in a face mask
Extracting information from the eyes of fellow humans is one of our most incredible abilities — and also the easiest to exploit
Author of the article: Tristin Hopper
Publishing date: Feb 04, 2021 • February 8, 2021 • 4 minute read •
France President Emmanuel Macrson adjusts his face mask before giving a speech on February 4, 2021. Photo by Reuters
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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned public life in wintertime Canada into a landscape of eyes: With winter clothing and face masks covering virtually every square centimetre of skin, we have been left to screen for danger, detect friendliness and find love solely by looking into each other’s eyes. Incredibly, it seems to be working. Not only are we humans eerily good at extracting information from the two squishy orbs in each others’ faces, but it’s one of our easiest traits to exploit.