The research aims to investigate the effect of induced emotions on people’s perceptions of facial expressions and their intensity, with 30 participants involved and a special method was used to test the results. Based on the analysis of the questionnaire, the result suggests that there is a significant difference in the perception of facial expression. People’s perception of facial expressions become more positive when they are experiencing happiness. They also tend to think the positive facial expressions to be more intense and vice versa.

Jilun Zhang. The Effect of Induced Happiness on the Perception of Facial Expressions and Their Intensity. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 12: 81-84. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2020.021213.

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