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Sex influences ability to assess crowd’s emotion

Happy female faces easier to identify than happy males, study finds

MOOD OF THE CROWD  Factors such as emotions and sex help determine how observers assess whether a crowd is happy or angry, a new study finds.

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By Laura Sanders

- More than 2 years ago

CHICAGO — Whether you assess a crowd as an angry mob or happy partygoers depends on both you and whom you’re looking at, a new study suggests.