Then there's the human factor: People interpret emojis differently. Understanding its part in human communication is important in developing the next generation of technology, they believe. They asked participants to describe the emoji in words and their personal emotional response as well. To study how emoji diversity can cause miscommunication, Miller and the researchers used five of the 22 most popular human-appearing emojis. We found that in many cases, there is quite a bit of potential for miscommunication, Miller wrote. Understanding its part in human communication is important in developing the next generation of technology, they believe. She studies how to design technology to improve quality of life and socializing. Miller said the biggest surprise was that much of the misunderstanding may come from different interpretations of the same emoji. The study involved 304 people in various pairings. University of Minnesota researchers have found that humanlike emojis can get lost in translation, causing significant misunderstandings. Researchers had people rank the emojis on a scale of negative 5 to positive 5 in terms of emotional response. Understanding its part in human communication is important in developing the next generation of technology, they believe. Researchers had people rank the emojis on a scale of negative 5 to positive 5 in terms of emotional response. People also described emojis differently. The main goal is to make life better for humans, Miller said.