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What could you have possibly said to have someone as accepting and open minded as Anne remove your post!?
Years ago I studied similar effects regarding people seeing one angry but familiar face vs a dozen unknown. Results showed that people from smaller towns were more annoyed by a single angry face of someone thy knew to a dozen from those they didn't know. However, they exhibited more fear when they saw a dozen unemotional faces than merely one.
People seemed more effected by someone they knew and or cared about being upset, than a mob of faceless people. Those same subjects did have greater fear of being near multiple people without direct expression than an unknown individual of the same expression though.
It illustrated mental comfort zones ideally. I see the relation to the enlarged frontal cortex of course.
But what is all this about our ancestors not having a large frontal cortex? Adam and Eve looked just like you and I, didn't they? LOL
People seemed more effected by someone they knew and or cared about being upset, than a mob of faceless people. Those same subjects did have greater fear of being near multiple people without direct expression than an unknown individual of the same expression though.
It illustrated mental comfort zones ideally. I see the relation to the enlarged frontal cortex of course.
But what is all this about our ancestors not having a large frontal cortex? Adam and Eve looked just like you and I, didn't they? LOL
A couple of posts just trounced on a seemingly good discussion to be.
As for "We can practically live a day (or many) being ?socially? active without seeing a human?s face."
I couldn't. Unless I am playing 'get away' in the mountains, then I've gone more than a month without seeing people, OH THE TRANQUILITY of not seeing or talking to people for a while!!! No phones, no TV, just a few flats of beer and some tree roots to trip over at night.
As for "We can practically live a day (or many) being ?socially? active without seeing a human?s face."
I couldn't. Unless I am playing 'get away' in the mountains, then I've gone more than a month without seeing people, OH THE TRANQUILITY of not seeing or talking to people for a while!!! No phones, no TV, just a few flats of beer and some tree roots to trip over at night.
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