Duchenne Smiles

As you may probably know, there are 7 basic emotions: Anger, Contempt, Fear, Disgust, Happiness, Sadness and Surprise. But of these 7 basic emotions, there is only 1 enjoyable emotion, which is happiness. There are many different types of happiness including elation, euphoria, excitement, amusement, etc. However, research has shown that these enjoyable emotions are…

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How Can Learning Microexpressions Help People?

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…

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The Eye Contact Myth

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.…

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

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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