A 2017 article in Frontiers in Psychology explored what it posited as the six basic emotions of sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise, and happiness. Unsurprisingly, they found the "majority in the basic emotions are more negative than positive." 3/13
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RT @tomyames: @Finite_jest An, et al. (2017) pressed on this distinction in a really wonderful way. Turns out, according to them, the six "…
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@Finite_jest An, et al. (2017) pressed on this distinction in a really wonderful way. Turns out, according to them, the six "basic" emotions are both positive and negative, not so binary, and this can be influenced by culture. https://t.co/I3D2juh0Fa
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During the 1970s, psychologist Paul Eckman identified six basic emotions that he suggested were universally experienced in all human cultures. The emotions he identified were happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise, and anger.…https://t.co/oQibHQ9EEH h