Interest (emotion)
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Interest is a feeling or emotion that causes attention to focus on an object, event, or process. In contemporary psychology of interest, the term is used as a general concept that may encompass other more specific psychological terms, such as curiosity and to a much lesser degree surprise.
The emotion of interest does have its own facial expression, of which the most prominent component is having dilated pupils.
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See also
- Curiosity
- Disinterestedness, its antonym
- Ecstasy (emotion)
- Carroll Izard
- Surprise
- Attraction (emotion)
- Self-interest
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