Comments on: Subtle Expressions Key to Detecting Deception

By: dsa

dsa — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:43:35 +0000

seems to me its not so hard as it seems during these tests, i spose is largely different than real life

By: catey

catey — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:34:05 +0000

i got 9 out of 10 on a micro expression test and 17 out of 20 on a real or fake smile test i was wondering does that mean i am a natural or a freak????????

By: Humintell Admin

Humintell Admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:14:43 +0000

Hi Bill, The area is behavioral psychology. Microexpressions are brief facial expressions of emotions that last on the face for less than half a second. Subtle expressions are also just as fast, but only occur in one part of the face. Hope this helps!

By: BILL

BILL — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:48:34 +0000

i really am interested in microexpressions , boddy language, spot liars, anyway , what area we study this ? is in neuroscience or psycology ?
i another have a question … subtle expressions are brief like micro expressions ? or subtle expressions can stay more time on face ?
thanks you

By: Jordan J.

Jordan J. — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:53:29 +0000

I agree with user19938,
it would be of great help to have conversations, or news clip analyzed and then have us quizzed upon such subjects. the static images of the training is good to start off, but I seem to miss the link in between the newly acquired knowledge and a real situation.
In any case, User19938, you learn alot in the webinars, I strongly suggest you participate in one. All I wish is that we could log on to a video-library that has been previously analyzed to improve our skills.
thank you for the great work, and clear lay out.

By: user19938

user19938 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:53:39 +0000

Quick question. If I take the Mix test and speed it up to 1/5 of a second.. isnt that really the same thing as the subx. The mix moves so quickly that you really can’t see if its subtle or if the expression is pronounced. Also, just a thought.. I can ace these tests very easily, but what I have a hard time is in real life when im engaged in a conversation. You have various expressions moving consecutively and its hard to pick up on these because its back to back movements of the face. I would love to see if you guys can develop something where you have an individual engaged in a conversation flashing any and all expressions, and then asking the user to see if they were able to identify correctly which expressions were flashed. It’s rare that I go into a conversation seeing a neutral face, i see 5 different moves all at one time and then i get puzzled.

By: Humintell Admin

Humintell Admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:44:12 +0000

Hi Chloe,

Dr. Matsumoto has advised that you look at the following article, which can be found on his website.

http://davidmatsumoto.com/content/2000%20A%20New%20Test%20to%20Measure%20Emotion%20Recognition.pdf

Hope this helps!

By: Chloe Marie

Chloe Marie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:41:19 +0000

Hello,

I am a clinical psychology graduate student looking to incorporate microexpression into my dissertation. Where can I find the psychometric properties of this coding system. Thank you in advance!

Chloe Marie

By: Jim McGowan

Jim McGowan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:38:39 +0000

I too have been successful in recognizing when people are or are not being forthright when speaking. I don’t think it is an innate ability, nor do I think that it is a learned talent. What I do knpw is that at some point in my life I determined – right or wrong – that first impressions are indeed often the best measure of people. At one time I used to try and purposely discard my first impressions of people, thinking that I should learn more about them before “branding” them in one way or another. Over time, however, it became increasingly obvious to me that on the occasions when I would record my first impressions mentally and then look back on them after getting to know certain people better, those first impressions were amazingly accurate. In fact much more accurate than the occasions when I withheld judgment and gave people a wide berth, usually called, “…the benefit of the doubt…”.

I believe that if you are faithfully observant when meeting people for the first time, and watch their expressions, listen carefully to what they say and how they say it, that first “feeling” that you get about them is usually dead-on accurate more often than not.

Jim

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:50:43 +0000

Many thanks for your response; what you say with respect to life experience makes a whole lot of sense.

-Rick