Understanding Contextual Facial Expressions Across the Globe

Posted by Alan Cowen, Visiting Researcher and Gautam Prasad, Software Engineer, Google Research It might seem reasonable to assume that people’s facial expressions are universal — so, for example, whether a person is from Brazil, India or Canada, their smile upon seeing close friends or their expression of awe at a fireworks display would look essentially the same. But is that really true? Is the association between these facial expressions and their relevant context across geographies indeed un...

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