The Psychology of Emojis

A group of British and Australian cyberpsychologists argues that emojis deserve way more research attention than they’re getting – and scientists have discovered how to create on-demand killer mice!

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Sources:
http://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(16)30178-4
http://www.grumdrig.com/emoji-list/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4980471/
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/11/18/meet-the-author-who-translates-classic-literature-into-emoji/
https://repository.edgehill.ac.uk/7148/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230547252_Brain_Activity_When_Reading_Sentences_and_Emoticons_An_fMRI_Study_of_Verbal_and_Nonverbal_Communication
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http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31743-3
https://www.britannica.com/science/amygdala

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