Chapter 1: introduction
Chapter 2: why mistakes are made in understanding facial expressions
Chapter 3: research on facial expressions of emotion
There are three categories of the face that can transmit information: static, slow, and rapid. Static and Slow is judged by
the natural appearance on the face such as the skin color or age, which can only be defined as an impression
because there is a limited science explanation. Rapid signals however, is what
the book investigates about, which have direct connections with emotions.
Emotions are different from moods. Emotions only last for a few minutes or
longest an hour. Moods on the other hand, is an average feeling that can last at
least a day. Facial expressions are to identify emotions, which only come
across faces for a few seconds. It is extremely rare when a facial expression
lasts for more than 5 minutes. Usually when long facial expressions appear, they are not genuine expressions,
which means that the person doing them does not have the same emotion as the expression,
but use them for mocking or exaggeration.
People are more easily remembered with
their faces than their bodies. However, many people also fail to identify
facial expression while conversing. This is because we rarely look at the other
person’s face when talking. Looking into another person’s eyes directly is
shown as an impolite gesture in the conventional society. Also because the
auditory information get through quicker than the visual information, so it’s
always much easier to listen than look.
Charles Darwin first purposed the hypothesis
that facial expressions are universal in the world. However, it has only been
proven later on that facial expressions are universal but at the same time differ
from culture. For example, a Japanese will cover his expression more than an
American. As that being said, universal facial expressions might be caused by
the social media nowadays, where people might have learned them though movies, television
etc.
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