The split-second truths of your face
What your hands and arms are whispering
The honest feet and legs
The window of the eyes
Navigating cultural body language
007skaty Lateral Eye Movements
Look left and right to trigger recall (left and right!) / Connecting both sides of your brain to see it all (see it all!)
007skaty Mirror the character's gestures to learn how to decode their subtle emotional signals.
007skaty Since the 1960s, we know that attraction and excitement trigger an involuntary response, expanding our pupils for more light and detail.
007skaty Rapid blinking reveals the heavy mental load of managing stress or a falsehood.
Why does our blink rate often spike dramatically when we are lying or highly stressed?
Gaze power: Research shows that locking eyes with a stranger for just two minutes can trigger feelings of deep connection and even love.
What is the scientific term for the subconscious mirroring of another person's body language?
Which brain cells are primarily responsible for our ability to mirror and empathize with others?
The contractile opening in the center of the iris of the eye. This aperture involuntarily dilates to signal physiological arousal, controlled directly by the brainstem's locus coeruleus.
What did a landmark 2012 PLOS ONE study conclude about using eye direction to detect lies?