一项新的国际研究显示，使用表情包是沟通和洞悉人们当前行为的一种有效方式。
Using emojis can be an effective way to communicate and gives insight into contemporary human behaviours, a new international research showed.
根据澳大利亚天主教大学和英国边山大学发布日前的研究项目，“从神经学和人际关系层面来说，人们当前的行为，例如（使用）表情包，就是他们感情的真实反映。”
"Contemporary behaviours such as emojis can be considered true forms of emotion on a neurological and interpersonal level," according to the research project released by the Australian Catholic University and Britain's Edge Hill University.
“使用表情包和情感符有助于增加我们书面沟通的情感深度，用与面对面沟通肢体语言相同的方式提供情境，但是它也能让我们洞悉人们当前的行为。”
"Using emojis and emoticons help add emotional depth to our written communication, provides context in the same way body language does in face-to-face interactions, but it can also give us insight into contemporary human behaviour."
该研究发现，性格特征能够通过一个人对表情包的使用较为精确地计算出来。
The research found personality traits could be calculated with reasonable accuracy, by assessing an individual's use of emojis.
虽然表情包的使用增加得很快，但是人们在很多情况下仍然会选择避免使用表情包透露自己的情感。
Although the use of emojis has increased rapidly, there are still many circumstances where people opt to avoid revealing their emotions.
研究者们表示：“情感在网络上的表达还在于你在跟谁对话，因为表情包在社交媒体上的使用比正式的电子邮件要频繁很多。”
"Online expression of emotion is also dependent on who we talking to, as emoji usage is much higher in social media than in a more formal email setting," researchers said.