Kevin Jonas Fakes a Smile or Contempt?

Whenever we see a facial expression that is not equal on both side of the face- notice how one side of his mouth could be raised higher than the other, this is usually a sign of faked emotion.  Given that we can see more teeth on the side of the face that is angled away, this is contempt.  It is only a little tougher with Jonas, because I don't think I have seen him give a real smile and ofter his lips are only subtly showing movement.◦

Kevin Jonas Fakes a Smile or Contempt?

Not Often You See a True Smile Before Going to Prison

Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in northern Israel, hugs his mother, Rukaya, before beginning his prison sentence at Israel's Ayalon prison in Ramle near Tel Aviv July 25, 2010. Salah was sentenced to a 5-month prison sentence for assaulting an Israeli police officer in 2007.◦

Not Often You See a True Smile Before Going to Prison

Faked Smile

Virginie Ledoyen attending the Sidaction Gala 'Diner de la Mode' held at the Pavillon d'Armenonville in Paris, France on January 28, 2010.

Whenever a facial expression is larger on one part of the face, it is likely a faked emotion. Here we clearly see one side of her face more involved in creating a smile.◦

Faked Smile

Jude Law Shows Us Both a Real Smile and Disgust

British actor Jude Law attends the Martini's All that glam party at the Theater Center Na Strastnom in Moscow, Russia on January 29, 2010.◦

Jude Law Shows Us Both a Real Smile and Disgust

Jerry Seinfeld Shows us Both Disgust and Happiness

Comedian Tom Papa, Executive Producer Jerry Seinfeld and Executive Producer Ellen Rakieten speak onstage for NBC's television show 'The Marriage Ref' during the NBC Universal 2010 Winter TCA Tour day 2 at the Langham Hotel on January 10, 2010 in Pasadena, California.◦

Jerry Seinfeld Shows us Both Disgust and Happiness

Actress Anna Paquin False Smile or Subtle Disgust, You be the Judge?

Actress Anna Paquin attends the Audi Golden Globes Celebration with Nominee Anna Paquin at the Sunset Tower Hotel on January 10, 2010 in West Hollywood, California.

Whenever we see a non symmetrical facial expression it is likely not a display of real emotion and it is likely it is a faked emotion, as we see here in this picture.◦

Actress Anna Paquin False Smile or Subtle Disgust, You be the Judge?

Throwing Your Head Back While Laughing

If you see this, you are looking at a person at ease with you (enough to let her guard down) and she is obviously enjoying herself.

We'd never throw our head back, exposing our necks, unless we felt safe.

She also is closing her eyes which supports the idea she is comfortable.

Now we do not see a real smile here!?!?! There are no lines on the outside of her eyes... Botox possibly... or a model posing of a photograph possibly...◦

Throwing Your Head Back While Laughing

APA Journal of Emotion Volume 9, Issue 6 Released

There are some interesting papers that relate to the content of this site. While you will need a subscription to see them on the APA site, I'm including the title and authors so you can search for them on Google Scholar/online.

Are specific emotions narrated differently?
Page 751-762
Habermas, Tilmann; Meier, Michaela; Mukhtar, Barbara

Can Duchenne smiles be feigned? New evidence on felt and false smiles.
Page 807-820
Krumhuber, Eva G.; Manstead, Antony S. R.

The voice conveys specific emotions: Evidence from vocal burst displays.
Page 838-846
Simon-Thomas, Emiliana R.; Keltner, Dacher J.; Sauter, Disa; Sinicropi-Yao, Lara; Abramson, Anna◦

APA Journal of Emotion Volume 9, Issue 6 Released

Paul Ekman Reviews the Differences between Contempt and Joy

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Paul Ekman Reviews the Differences between Contempt and Joy

Survivor Samoa Episode 8

0:08 We see contempt, moving one side of her mouth to the side.

2:05 We see Monica shrug with only one shoulder.

2:07 We see Erik raise his eyebrows and you can see lines laterally across his forehead, this is sarcasm as she says you never know who to trust.

2:28 Erik begins speaking and once again alienates himself again because he is over confident. If you are a someone who wants to play the game of Survivor, watch the reaction of the others (especially from his old tribe) this should have been a clue to him of what was coming. If you make it on the show, watch the reactions at the tribal consoles! Shrugs, lick licking and lip piercing, and the micro expression of disgust can all be seen.

3:01 Russell answers the question well to start with, but he should not have said that Erik will be surprised. Russell's biggest liability is his pride (in his game)gets in the way and he reveals too much.

Had Erik paid more attention to reactions of others, especially his former tribe members he might have realized his fate, and may have played the idol. I even saw one former tribe member walk more slowly to the area where you write the votes... everything matters.

Then fast forward to the reading of the votes, study Erik... you can see him thinking and understanding. Watch the emotion drain from his face, thinking, ever so subtle sadness in his mouth and subtle surprise in his eyes.

Watch the others react as he leaves: shame, happiness, sadness, and contempt.◦

Survivor Samoa Episode 8

Dr. David Matsumoto Explains Characteristics of Basic Emotions

Dr. David Matsumoto is the Director of Humintell. Dr. Matsumoto is an expert in the field of facial expressions, microexpressions, gesture, nonverbal behavior, emotion and deception. He is also is also a Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University and Director of the Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory.◦

Dr. David Matsumoto Explains Characteristics of Basic Emotions

Dr. David Matsumoto Being Interviewed on “9am with David and Kim”

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Dr. David Matsumoto Being Interviewed on “9am with David and Kim”

More to Love: Episode Four

Melissa and Lauren are sent home.

Wow are the producers/editors reading my blog?!?!? My techie is telling me there are a larger number of people from LA hitting the site. A larger part of my work is becoming consulting in the entertainment business so no biggie. I told him I didn't care and don't do the ip look up thingy...

Last week I made some big statements,

"They will be gone and they know it, Kristian and Danielle." I guess you can have a ring and still be gone, where was Kristian in this episode? Her minutes drastically cut!

and

"Where does Luke stand in all this? A big cardboard cutout could stand in for him." This week we see him emerge (slightly).

Onto the non verbals of this episode:

Good Wife/Bad Wife

Perhaps this clip will make it into some of my training materials. We have so much emotion. Role playing. Pacifying behavior. Subtle surprise. Truth. Head tilts. Shoulder shrugs. Eye movement. Non asymmetrical mouth positions. Sadness. Happiness and True smiles. Pursed lips. Eye direction clues. One shoulder shrug. Head tilts. Hand pointing. Social smiles. Nods. Anger. Face touching. Perverse pleasure at the expense of others pain. Watch and learn from this five minute clip showing more nonverbal and body language clues that I have ever seen in any reality TV show!




Greetings
Last week I mentioned, "Look at the greetings, it will be the best indication of the relationship. Excitement seen here is important."

Who wins?

Melissa's Greeting


Heather's Greeting


More Thoughts

Mandy clearly is showing much more emotion than she has this season. Luke is not an emotional guy, but I hear and see some things in this exchange that lead me to believe that Luke has a way to go:

- Luke does not show any emotion when she expresses 'calling a boyfriend' and shows non verbal clues that he is not planning on choosing her (sigh, mouth).
- Luke says, "It is going to get more difficult, not just for me, but for you" is a warning for her. Listen to the his voice. "not just for me" is said softer- it will not be as difficult for him as it will be for her.

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More to Love: Episode Four

True Emotion: 2nd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers Return To Ft. Carson...

FORT CARSON, CO - AUGUST 18: Sherie Whiteside watches as her grandson Spc. Travis Loomis and fellow U.S. Army soldiers arrive on August 18, 2009 to Fort Carson, Colorado. Her son and Travis' father Greg Loomis was killed while working as contracter in Iraq just over a year before. Approximately 575 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat team from the 4th Infantry Division returned Tuesday following a 12 month deployment to Iraq. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Hand unconsciously placed over the heart signifies true emotional feelings of love, warmth, and/or caring- all depending on the situation.

Mouth blocking is done when we do not want to do something (such as show our amusement at the expense of others, show surprise or fear, talk, scream or shout out, or laughing in older people) in this case it is much more... it is to hold all emotion back.

This is one of the rare photographs where (subtle expression training is all important in spotting this) where the eyes are showing sadness and the mouth is showing happiness.

It is rare to express emotions on opposite ends of the continuum, at the same time.◦

True Emotion: 2nd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers Return To Ft. Carson...