■■ In the first, photographs of facial expressions of emotion thought to portray universally recognizable emotions were shown to observers in different countries who had to label each expression. If the expressions were universal, there would be agreement across cultures on what emotion was being portrayed; if the expressions were culturally specific, there would be disagreement across cultures. There were high levels of agreement across all cultures studied in the interpretation of six emotions: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise.