<p>Our ability to interpret emotions on the faces of others may be less innate than previously thought. New research examined to what extent the culture people grew up in and the availability of words that let us categorize a spectrum of emotional ideas and experiences play a role in interpreting emotional faces. They found that for people from certain cultures, certain words alter how brain regions interact with one another when observing emotions on others’ faces, implying that emotions are not universally understood.</p>