Science - Part 128

23 October, 2009

How Can Learning Microexpressions Help People?

by David Matsumoto

in Microexpressions, Science /

We often get numerous emails about the practical use of microexpression training and if it has been proven to be beneficial to learn. The simple answer is yes. Microexpression training has been scientifically proven to help improve not only the average person in recognizing these expressions, but also a number of clinical groups. According to…

11 September, 2009

The Eye Contact Myth

by David Matsumoto

in Deception, Lying, Science /

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According to social psychologist and microexpressions expert Dr. Mark Frank, eye contact (or lack of) is “one of the most misunderstood aspects of deception”. Many videos, articles, and newscasts suggest that a person’s eye contact and/or eye gaze often times has a hidden meaning: Looking up to the right means someone is making up something.…

2 September, 2009

Facial Expressions are Not Universal? The study and its flaws…

by David Matsumoto

in Emotion, Science /

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In a recent study entitled Cultural Confusions Show Facial Expressions Are Not Universal, Rachael Jack and her colleagues challenged 100s of studies documenting the universality of facial expressions. The conclusions of this article are highly flawed for many reasons and below I outline a few of them. 1. The fact of the matter is that…

12 July, 2009

So You Want to Be An Expert (part 2 of 3)?

by David Matsumoto

in Emotion, Microexpressions, Nonverbal Behavior, Science /

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In the previous blog (So You Want to Be An Expert part 1) we talked a bit more about why study the face, we reviewed macro-, micro- and subtle expression and we covered Step 1: Learning What to Look For. The take home point for Step 1: since the face conveys lots of information, you…