Q&A: Could deciphering how kids read faces help curb anger, depression?

“Oh my God, he’s bored,” said Simone Haller, Ph.D., who jokingly recalled seeing a colleague’s neutral facial expression during a recent presentation. The situation was a unique moment for Haller, who studies bias and emotional reactions alongside Joel Stoddard, MD, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.