Innovation

How a Computer System Learned to Read Human Emotions

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL

Building a computer program that simulates the human brain may mean bringing feelings into the lab.

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Marianne Reddan spent the last 10 years staring at human faces, searching for traces of two distinct but closely related emotions: surprise and fear. After so much time spent studying the intricacies of facial expressions, she can barely tell them apart anymore.

That why’s Reddan, a post-doctoral neuroscience fellow at Stanford...

This won't last long. One year of fearless reporting for only $35 $25.

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