Cross-cultural research on perception of emotion, such as that conducted by Elfenbein and Ambady (2003), indicates that

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Cross-cultural research has shown that people are fairly successful at perceiving the emotional states of individuals from other cultures. However, we are better at judging emotions of individuals from our own culture as we have a greater familiarity with their cultural norms, expressions, and behaviors related to emotions. Elfenbein and Ambady's research found that culture-specific context influenced emotion recognition accuracy. For example, American participants were better at recognizing the emotions of Americans and Japanese participants were better at recognizing the emotions of other Japanese individuals.

Cross-Cultural Research on Perception of Emotion, Such as That Conducted