The brain mechanisms of basic emotions such as anger and happiness are fairly similar across people. (sciencedaily.com)
As well as detecting basic emotions such as anger or happiness, her experimental system can pick up emotions more specific to gaming such as triumph or defeat. (newscientist.com)
Basic emotions seem to be at least partially biologically determined, whereas social emotions — gratitude, contempt, pride and shame — are to a greater extent built on experience. (sciencedaily.com)