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http://www.sciencenewsline.com/source/International+School+of+Advanced+Studies+%28SISSA%29

Science Newsline Psychology http://www.sciencenewsline.com/articles/2014121522500027.html

The sudden appearance of a face within our visual field can affect the motor action accompanying a gesture even if the face is totally unrelated to what we are doing and even if we try to ignore it. At one condition, though: the face must display an emotionally significant expression. A study conducted by scientists of the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, and just published in Psychonomic Bullettin & Review, describes the phenomenon in detail.

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