Emotional Expressions and Human Group Behavior
Evaluating Emotional Responses to Understand how Social Groups are Formed
A team including DU's Timothy Sweeny and researchers from Harvard University and Stanford University, among others, launched a project that aimed to answer the question, "How do we know who our people are?"
Together, we worked to improve our understanding of how people evaluate other's emotional responses and determine the outward emotional expressions that help us decide who to spend time with.
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About the Project
Collaborating Across Campuses
The team conducting this group behavior study hails from several of the country's most prominent research institutions. Co-authored by Timothy Sweeny from the University of Denver's Department of Psychology, the study also included specialists from Harvard University and Stanford University, among others.