<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/88b1da0f-cc0d-4c19-8ad3-9a450db31437/0EF0A084-9F0F-4C25-BCB6-882EA90E0D82/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp" href="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.brainmysteries.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.brainmysteries.com/img/AEBDB31C-6569-459C-897F-E78118EBCD14" alt="Photos show comparison of facial expressions by blind and sighted athletes who just lost a match for a medal. - Bob Willingham" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp">Facial expressions of emotion are hardwired into our genes, according to a study published today in the <I>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology</I>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp">The research suggests that facial expressions of emotion are innate rather than a product of cultural learning.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp">The study is the first of its kind to demonstrate that sighted and blind individuals use the same facial expressions, producing the same facial muscle movements in response to specific emotional stimuli.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp">The study also provides new insight into how humans manage emotional displays according to social context, suggesting that the ability to regulate emotional expressions is not learned through observation. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brainmysteries.com/Research/Facial_expressions_of_emotion_are_innate_not_learned_says_new_study.asp">"The statistical correlation between the facial expressions of sighted and blind individuals was almost perfect," Matsumoto said. 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