Tag Archive for: human emotions

Prince Albert and His Bride

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If there was ever a strange pair that wed, it would be these two:  Prince Albert of Monaco and his now wife, Charlene. I have watched several videos of them and there is no expression of love, tenderness or a bond between these two. The are ice cold together–chillingly so. It appears this is a marriage is another purpose.  Some speculate it is to produce a legitimate heir.

A reader asked me if these were tears from a happy or sad bride? I would have to vote sad.  She bows her head as if she wants to escape.  She never looks up and gives us a genuine smile of joy. Instead she works to keep a frown off of her face.  Even Prince Albert was surprised at her tears.  I suspect he knew they weren’t from joy either.

I find watching these two very painful.  They aren’t fooling anyone. It doesn’t takes eyes for lies to see this!

Casey Anthony “If Looks Could Kill…”

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Here are some interesting photos of Casey Anthony in the courtroom a few days ago (Trial Day 38). She appears to be livid, and full of rage at her attorney, Jose Baez. You can watch the video here. When you see anger to this degree, it is your warning that the person could be very volatile–to take precautions.

At the bottom, I will put a picture of a convicted murderer, John Gardner, who gave this exact same expression in court when his only surviving victim spoke out in court.

“If looks could kill…”

Baseline
Tension first appears in the lips.
We see anger and disgust combined.
As Jose Baez walks by, watch Casey glare at him.

John Gardner displaying anger/disgust combo

Personality Identification at Zero Acquaintance

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old man kelly 061909, a photo by whitney waller on Flickr.

Science has been investigating what they call personality identification at zero acquaintance, and I find the subject fascinating. I believe we all have some ability to look at a person, and by looks alone, are able to identify personality traits of another person.

I have been keeping track of research that I find on this topic because I believe it is a tool I use every day when discerning the honesty of people. I call it facial profiling. While I don’t believe a face can reveal a liar, I do believe that expressions of emotions and facial features reveal information about a person. And that information through the process of logical deduction can help us identity people who have a higher propensity to lie. 

In this study, researchers found that people were able to identify sexual orientation of people by listening to one monosyllabic word with an accuracy rate of 75%.  Does that surprise you?

I believe we all have the ability to do this, but with all things, we just have varying degrees of talent.

Smile Facts

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Thanks, Carol, for sharing the link!

Casey Anthony’s Break Down

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Earlier in the week, I asked people if they thought Casey’s emotions were genuine or fake in this video.

They were absolutely genuine.

When the video first begins, we see Casey Anthony pressing her lips and then she shakes her head.  She is clearly frustrated.  I would call it a low-grade anger at this point.  She continues to give us indications to support that as she “blows off steam” so-to-speak and looks off into nowhere.  Casey also cocks her jaw off to the side which also is indicative of frustration (it can also be boredom and other things, too…it depends on the circumstances).

At time marker 0:22, Casey’s eyelids get heavy and we have our  first indication of sadness (perhaps self-pity).  She then clenches her jaw.  She is working very hard not to break down.  She doesn’t want to break down, but at 0:49 she can’t help herself.  She gives us a true and genuine expression of sadness.  If you look, you will see oblique eyebrows. Within seconds, however, Casey has composed herself again.

She steeples her hands in front of her face almost in a gesture of prayer to keep herself from reacting.  It’s as if you can hear her say to herself silently, “Don’t cry. Don’t cry”.  She again purses her lips, trying to hold back her raw emotions of frustration. Her eyes, I suspect, do well up and she is unable to control it.  I don’t see any tears, but she wipes her eyes probably because they feel wet.

Casey listens intently as the man says we are in a time period where we have 24 hour news.   Casey continues to show frustration more than any other emotion.  The wiping of her face could be a self-pacifying gesture as well (though I also believe she is making sure that she doesn’t have any mascara under her eyes also).  I notice she is running her tongue along her teeth, too.  That is another indication of self-soothing behavior.

If you want my opinion, in this video, it is taking every ounce of energy that Casey has not to react.  She is frustrated and angry, and she knows it will only hurt her case if she has an outburst, so she is working very hard at keeping her emotions in, and it shows.