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The face's expression is identical in all scenes. Yet, it looks afraid with the gun and hungry/happy with the cake.
Emotional Face Perception
The Kuleshov Effect: your brain builds the emotion it expects to find.
🧐 What do you see?▼
Look at the face in the center. As the context image changes between a gun, a cake, or a question mark, the neutral expressionon the face will seem to shift between fear, hunger, or confusion.
Note: The drawing of the face never changes. Only your interpretation of it does.
🧠 Why this works▼
This is the Kuleshov Effect in psychology. Our perception of social cues is highly context-dependent.
- Emotional Priming: The first image sets an emotional "state" in your brain.
- Social Attribution: To make sense of the scene, your brain projects that state onto the face, effectively "painting" an expression that isn't really there.
🧪 Try variations▼
Use the buttons to manually switch contexts. Notice how instantly the face's "vibe" changes as soon as the icon swaps.