The beady eyes, brows coming together, mouth closed, head tilted forward is aggressive anger.
If I saw this facial expression in public, I'd be put on immediate alert. If I were in the Secret Service I would react by alerting fellow agents, and she at the very least would be spoken with (to see if she was a threat to the protectee) and possibly taken off site for an in-depth interview. If I start to see tightness in the mouth I would know things were not going good and violence might be possible, and there would be little time to react because she is waiting for an opportunity to turn violent.◦
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Aggressive Anger!!!
Disgraced ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy, Did He Lie on 60 Minutes?
I am only including PART TWO, to see part one please use the link provided below the video.
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Tim Donaghy's bets on NBA games were hugely successfully, but it all came unraveled when he says the mob wanted a piece of the action. And that put him on the FBI's radar. Bob Simon reports.
Did He Lie?
I did see a hot spot, which can be a sign of a deceit. He has come clean, and this is what I saw.
He shows no deception when he states that he didn't call the games so he would win his placed bets...
He is also showing no deception when discussing the NBA and the conduct of the refs...
The only place I became suspious and suspect deception is when he was speaking about the ties to the mafia. He spoke freely throughout the interview, but when being asked questions about the mob, and what was said in the car, things change- he pauses more often and the words do not flow freely.
These verbal “blunders” are called disfluencies. Disfluencies include pause fillers, repeated words, mid-sentence corrections, prolonged vowels and syllables, and silent pauses and often are a sign of deceit. Nervousness and stress can cause them, so can having to think harder to keep stories straight, in everyday conversation they are simply fillers, but any change (more or less) can be a hot spot. Less of them can be a sign of a rehearsed story...
In the video, it would be easy to say this could be a sign of nervousness because they are the mob- I mean they do murder people and do other things that are not pleasant- and I would normally agree with you, except... continue watching the show and you will see more pacifying behaviors when speaking about the NBA than when speaking about the mob; this is a sign he is more uncomfortable with his relationship with the NBA than the Mob.
So what did I see and what does it mean? He is using the stereotype of the mob's violent nature to help explain why he did this, and probably had a more amicable relationship than is implied in the interview.
With all that being said, he is a generally honest guy that has done his time for the crime, has come clean about past wrongs and was one of the most honest people I have seen on 60 minutes in years...◦
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Subtle Sadness
HAMBURG, GERMANY - OCTOBER 27: SPD politicians Andrea Nahles (L) and Niels Annen talk to each other during the second day of the party congress of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) on October 27, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany. The Social Democrats continue the meeting with discussions about their future party program after electing the party chairs the previous day.
Whenever we protrude our lower lip, this is a subtle expression of sadness. If it is done consciously it becomes a lip pout.◦
Touching Another's Head
Philadelphia 76ers' Allen Iverson consoles teammate Andre Iguodala after missing a three-point shot against the Detroit Pistons at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, December 9, 2009.
Our heads are one of the most protected areas of our body, and allowing another to touch you there is a sign of closeness or shared trust.
My grandmother used to show affection with a simple stoke of my hair as she passed by me when I was sitting at the dinner table.◦
Friday, December 11, 2009
Utah Woman Susan Powell Missing Since Sunday
Utah police are searching for missing Utah woman Susan Powell after she disappeared while her family was camping.
Wow, Wow, Wow. How could this guy be so clueless to be a working man and not know what day of the week it was? Not to mention it was below freezing Sunday night. Susan was last seen at a dinner Sunday evening around midnight. What working man decides on Sunday to go camping.
Onto lie detecting. Notice he doesn't answer the questions, the reporter is putting answers/words in his mouth. Notice the disgust shown on his upper lip.◦
Geisha Subtle Fear
Fear and Surprise are often confused. This is fear because we see way too much of the white in her eyes, we always show more in fear compared to surprise. We can also see fear in her forehead and how her eyebrows are coming closer to each other.
For what it is worth, this picture was staged and had we seen this in a video instead of a picture, we would have noticed the "staged" emotion because she is doing what I call fishing for an emotion. Many people do not know how to fake a true emotional facial expression so they end up giving us a couple of different emotions; those of us trained to detect facial expressions see this as tripping over their emotions- in a couple of seconds they show us a couple of emotions, lasting a beat too long, and not matching in either their eyes and mouth. If you were a detective, and untrained in facial expressions, you'd see whatever you'd thought (your perception) you saw but in reality you only saw 1/3 or 1/2 of it...and move on unrecognizing it as a hot spot.◦
Who Is Into Who?
Heidi Montag and her husband Spencer Pratt show off their love for each other as well as for the paparazzi at the Borders Books & Music store in New York City, New York on November 16, 2009 for their new book launch. The two talk about their newest book “How To Be Famous” and their love for being tailed by the photographers.
We lean towards things we like, she is leaning towards him, but he is leaning away from her.
Another thing to look for is the direction of the feet, we point them in the direction we'd like to travel- hers pointing to him, while his is not as clear.
Also notice how he is hiding his thumbs- low confidence.
While he may be a good writer, it appears he doesn't use his body language to his advantage, and it is not matching his message.
On an aside, I may be living in the middle of the heartland, but I never heard of them or know what made them famous...◦
Thursday, December 10, 2009
2009 Most Discussed Body Language in Politics
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the fourth day of her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 16, 2009.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor will have a lasting impression and leave her mark in the coming years and decades as she rules on cases that the US Supreme Court hears- yada, yada...
What is interesting and why she receives this award is she introduced "blink rate" to masses as almost every news program discussed her blink rate as she was answering certain questions during her confirmation hearing. Up to this point blink rate was only know to a few select group of researchers, body language experts, and poker players.
If you see a person start to blink at a faster rate you are seeing a person who is under pressure, may be lying, or feeling some sort of anxiety.◦
The Skeptic's Eyebrow
Notice the eyes, staring and somewhat squinting.
Notice the eyebrows, one is higher that than the other.
Someone has said something to him, and now he is reacting and his facial expression conveys that he is questioning and doubting what you are saying to him.
With him pulling his shirt away from his body, it is likely someone has said something like, "boy you smell..."◦
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