Research Has Shown That Cross-Culturally People Are Good at Recognizing

question 8

Multiple Choice

Research has shown that cross-culturally people are good at recognizing facial expressions for basic emotions (Ekman, 1994) . Which of the following statements does NOT support this finding as evidence that eyewitness identification is accurate?

• A) It is an older study that is not based on high-quality scientific evidence.
• B) Recognizing emotions in the face is not relevant to eyewitness identification of faces.
• C) Facial recognition is made possible by the brain's fusiform facial gyrus.
• D) Eyewitnesses do not typically feel strong emotions when they observe people committing a crime.

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