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Downward dominance

eople’s faces tell you a lot about what they are feeling but new research shows the way the head is held can tell you just as much. Researchers generated variations of avatars with neutral facial expressions and one of three head positions: tilted upward 10 degrees, neutral (0 degrees) or tilted downward 10 degrees. Subjects rated the avatars with downward head tilt as more

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