Emotional Intelligence Research · Phase 1
Research for the people who struggle to read emotion in others
What emotion do you read?
An open study. Ten minutes. Your reading joins the data.
First target of 500 for the first preprint (13 Aug 2026)
Next target for the second preprint
504 / 500readings
100%
What emotion do you read?
An open study. Ten minutes. Your reading joins the data.
What we're seeing so far
Thanks to participants so far,
here's what the study is beginning to show.
The emotions readers agree on… and don't
↑ Most agreed
↓ Most divergent
Bar length = modal share, the % of readers who chose the top emotion on the clips where that emotion led. High = readers converged; low = readers split. Only emotions with enough clip appearances are shown.
Which signals did readers rely on?
Multiple signals allowed per reading, so shares exceed 100% in aggregate.
Featured pre-registered claim
Plurality is the norm, not the exception.
We predict median modal share under 70%, and fewer than 20% of qualifying clips showing high consensus.
Median modal share (H1 predicts <70%)
67% under threshold ✓
High-consensus clips (H1 predicts <20%)
12% under threshold ✓
Soft support. Full test at N ≥ 5 readers per clip. Analysis plan pre-registered before data collection began.
H1 is one of 8 pre-registered hypotheses — the foundational one. The others need more data or are more technical; see them all at /research/hypotheses.
Where to learn more