Chapter 1
The split-second truths of your face
Chapter 2
What your hands and arms are whispering
Chapter 3
The honest feet and legs
Chapter 4
The window of the eyes
Chapter 5
Navigating cultural body language
Ch 1 · The split-second truths of your face
007skaty The Contempt Micro-Expression
Just one corner pulls to the side, (Just on one side) / Where the quiet smirk will hide. (Yeah, that's contempt)
007skaty Scientists discovered micro-expressions by studying slow-motion films of therapy.
007skaty Haggard and Isaacs discovered micro-expressions, which Paul Ekman proved last just 1/15 to 1/25 of a second by mapping 10,000 muscle combinations.
Quiz
Which researchers first observed micro-expressions in 1966 while analyzing slow-motion psychotherapy films?
007skaty Fake smiles only use the mouth because we cannot easily control our eye muscles.
Quiz
Which muscle group must contract to create the characteristic "crow's feet" of a real smile?
Fun Fact
Facial expressions: Blind infants smile and frown just like sighted babies, proving our facial expressions are hardwired into our DNA from birth.
Quiz
Which of the following is one of the seven universally recognized facial expressions of emotion?
Quiz
Which isolated group did Paul Ekman study in 1967 to prove facial expressions are universal?
Glossary
microexpression (noun)
A fleeting, involuntary facial expression that reveals a person's true, underlying emotion. The University of Glasgow found that the human brain decodes these facial cues in 200 milliseconds.
A fleeting, involuntary facial expression that reveals a person's true, underlying emotion. The University of Glasgow found that the human brain decodes these facial cues in 200 milliseconds.
Quiz
What makes the universal facial expression of contempt unique compared to the other six universal emotions?
Quiz
According to relationship researcher Dr. John Gottman, which facial expression is the strongest predictor of divorce?