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Using facial expression to assess human empathy toward farm animals undergoing painful procedures

Using facial expression to assess human empathy toward farm animals undergoing painful procedures

New research by UBC researchers Lexis Ly and Dan Weary, today published in PloS One, shows that human facial expressions can be used to assess human-animal empathy. Facial expressions have been used previously to evaluate human-human empathy, but this study provides the first evidence that facial expressions provide a valid method to assess human empathy […]