Facial Expressions of Emotion Are Innate, Not Learned

 

I read the article, Facial Expressions of Emotion Are Innate, Not Learned. The article says that facial expressions of emotion are innate. According to a new study, facial expressions of emotion are hardwared into our genes which the article says that facial expressions of emotion are innate, not learning how to express the emotions. The study demonstrates that sighted and blind individuals use the same facial expressions, producing the same facial muscle movements in response to specific emotional stimuli. Psychology professor David Matsumoto compared the facial expressions of sighted and blind judo athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. Sighted and blinded athletes manage their expressions of emotion in the same way, even though blinded people had no way to watch and learn to express the emotion as like as sighted people. Therefore, it demonstrates that the facial expressions are innate.

I had a reason that I chose the article, because before I read this article, I thought that people would learn how to express the facial emotions. However, my thought was wrong. This article was interesting to me.