“Remarkably, emoticons convey emotions without cognition of faces,” the researchers, led by Masahide Yuasa, wrote in a 2006 paper. Shaded areas indicate the activity areas in (1) right ...

To mark five decades of Smiley, Creative Review commissioned five exclusive artworks to explore how brands can build an emotional connection In 2022, the Smiley brand turns 50. Over that time, the ...

“Based on the ideology that women are more emotional, the normal claim is that women use more emoticons,” said Schnoebelen. He’s quick to point out that analyzing emoticon use—or any ...

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For this, use Thus were invented the first emoticons. (The word “emoticon” shoves the words “emotion” and “icon” together and trims off a few excess letters.) The “read it sideways ...