This is a fascinating video of a victim recounting her story of being stabbed and what sounds like being buried. She smiles throughout the recollection.
I watched a victim on Oprah last week recount her story and smile, too. It was noteworthy.
Do you know what it means?
What expressions do you spot in this video?
Here is a fascinating study on the manifestations of narcissim in physical appearance.
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Here is an interesting photo of woman who appears to be in the spotlight. There are three faces in this photograph that reveal information.
The subject of the photo seems to be the subject of the crowd as well as we see a photographer taking her photo in the background. The subject projects confidence as well as a subtle positive emotions with perhaps a hint of surprise. I wonder if she recognizes someone in front of her.
We can surmise this is a positive experience for the photo’s subject because there are no signs of sadness, distress or anger in her face. There are no negative emotions expressed. She has symmetrical features as well which is supportive of a person who is outgoing. Do you remember the outgoing kids from school? Most of them had symmetrical features, too, which we consider to be more attractive. People who are insecure or shy often express doubt or low level subtle fear in their face. They express their uncomfortableness in the face.
The camera woman also has a subtle expression of happiness, too. You can see a subtle smile. She looks pleased that she is getting the photograph. The photographer has a humbleness about her, doesn’t she? How do we articulate why that is?
The woman on the far left of the photograph does not look excited to be there. She appears to be tired of the crowds. Her eyelids are heavy and her head is ever-so-slightly tilted. She almost looks “bored” for a better word. She clearly sees the person who took this photo. By her reaction, she either doesn’t know the subject of this photo, or could careless about her…
What do you see when you look at this photograph?
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Here is interesting research out of the Brock University in Ontario Canada as written by ScienceDaily.com:
“Psychologists Justin M. Carré, Cheryl M. McCormick, and Catherine J. Mondloch of Brock University conducted an experiment to see if it is possible to predict another person’s propensity for aggressive behavior simply by looking at their photograph…The photographs were very revealing: Volunteers’ estimates of aggression correlated highly with the actual aggressive behavior of the faces viewed, even if they saw the picture for only 39 milliseconds.”
What do you think of this study? Does it open your eyes to thin-slicing?
I believe this is the core of my ability to be able to thin-slice people’s personalities from their facial expressions and facial features.
I’ve been looking into research on this, and what scientists are discovering is that people are able to do this, and do it amazingly accurately on other attributes as well. Are you surprised?
Here is a link to the research abstract for the science discussed in the Science Daily article.
Thanks, Karon, for the link.
