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Can you recognise emotions?
You look at people's faces to see if they are familiar, to judge their gender and age, and also to see what mood they are in. You are usually very definite about what someone is feeling. Look at the pictures below, showing a range of expressions from happy to angry. Most people can instantly recognise each face as reflecting happiness, surprise, fear, sadness, disgust or anger rather than a mixture of two or more.
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Which one is happy, surprised, fearful, sad, disgusted or angry?



