The aim of the experiment was to study the relation between accuracy of judgment of facial expressions of emotions and time for judgment. The results for 34 college students confirmed previous data showing high performance in identification of all emotions, although there were some important differences between emotions. Also, times for judgment were longer for the emotions which were more difficult to identify.
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