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In this study, the origin of the happy face advantage was examined with respect to the mode of processing, as well as the spatial characteristics, of happy faces. In Experiments 1 and 2, happy and sad schematic faces of equal form deviations from a neutral face were adopted as stimuli, and the task of categorizing these two facial expressions was given to the subjects. Experiment 1 demonstrated...