Interest (emotion)
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"Interesting" redirects here. For the Young Ones episode, see Interesting (The Young Ones). For other uses, see Interest (disambiguation).
Interest is a feeling or emotion that causes attention to focus on an object, event, or process. In contemporary psychology of interest,[1] 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.[citation needed]
The emotion of interest does have its own facial expression, of which the most prominent component is having dilated pupils.[2][3]