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Why emotions show more strongly on the left side of your face

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If you really want people to know you're miserable, make sure they are directly looking at the left side of your head. Because the right hemisphere of the brain dominates emotional processing and controls the left side of the body, expressions of joy, anger, and disgust manifest much stronger there. The right side of your face is comparatively just phoning it in.

Why emotions show more strongly on the left side of your face
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