Protective Masks Are Changing the World of Skincare
I’m not imagining things: According to a recent German study published in Frontiers in Psychology, masks cover between 60 and 70 percent of the parts of the face required for an accurate read of our expressions. When viewing masked, emoting faces, the study’s test subjects had difficulty recognizing sadness, happiness, or anger with any precision. The one feeling that could still be read loud and clear, mask or no mask? Fear. When humans interpret facial expressions, we unconsciously micromimic one another. In less than 400 milliseconds, I frown, just a bit, when I see you frown; I smil...
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