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Radio Sweden: Expressive models wanted

Umeå University is on the hunt for 70 expressive faces for a new project to replace a set of old photographs used by psychologists across the world. The models will have to show seven different expressions; disgust, surprise, anger, sadness, fear, happiness and a "neutral" face.

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Professor Per Carlbring, from the Department of Psychology at Umeå University, says the photos will be very useful in training people with social phobias, for example.

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