Your fear is written all over your face, in heat
CHILLING EFFECT Face temperature plummets when a person is startled by a loud noise. In this before-and-after image, cooling shows up as more yellow on the forehead and mouth area after being startled (right) and more blue on the nose.
A. Di Giacinto et al/Neuroscience 2013
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