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…
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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…
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Why Focus on the Face? I wrote previously about how nonverbal behavior (NVB) is a major component of communication, and how facial expressions of emotion are the most important and complex signal system (way of communicating) that humans have. There is evidence to suggest that up to 90% of the meta-messages communicated in any interaction…
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About Face It is not only the first thing we see when we encounter each other; the face is also a pop icon – heavily referenced in our jargon and slang. Think about it: we talk about losing face, saving face, getting face time, getting s*** faced, shopping your face off. Etc. Why the face?…
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