Reading the mind in the nose.

ABSTRACT: Humans infer mental states and traits from faces and their expressions. Previous research focused on the role of eyes and mouths in this process, even though most observers fixate somewhere in between. Here, we report that ratings of the nose region are surprisingly consistent with those for the full face and even with subjective feelings of the nose bearer. We propose the nose as central to faces and their perception.

SUBMITTER: Broda MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028657 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature