Презентация на тему Facial expression

or positions of the muscles in the skin. These

movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information among humans.

hypothesized that facial expressions are universal - that we're

born with the ability to make certain expressions for certain feelings - received criticism due to a lack of evidence, and few supporting studies on the universality of facial expression were conducted until the 1960s. That's when researchers found that certain looks are indeed universal.

in the study of facial expressions, determined that there

is a series of common expressions that is universally recognized. His initial studies concluded that expressions of anger, fear, happiness, sadness, disgust and surprise are evident to people regardless of cultural upbringing, and seemed to close the door on the debate surrounding the topic.
In the decades since his initial research, additional emotions, such as contempt, have been added to those deemed universal, and later studies show that even spontaneous facial expressions will be universally recognized.

expressions are going to be variations on this neutral

expression.

inner eyebrows come together and down simultaneously. This can

also be accompanied by an open mouth, widened eyes, or flared nostrils.

eyelids, and the slight opening of the mouth combined

with the lip edges being stretch back in a horizontal direction.

that surround the eye socket contract. The space between

the outer eyebrow and the eye lid gets smaller when the muscle contracts.

the inner eyebrows and pulling down of outer lips.

the nose wrinkling and the upper lip pulled up

and away, baring the canine teeth. This is like an animal’s snarl.

just drops. The eyebrows are still raised and so

are the eye lids. The key is the lack of the lips being pulled back.

is the only expression that naturally occurs on only

one side of the face. The key is one side of the face pulling the upper lip up and away.

infinite number of facial expressions. We sometimes see scientific studies

saying that there are eight, eleven, fifteen, ...  No! You can't count them, nor can you count your feelings. Do you have the same face every time you are happy?  No! You have as many happy faces as there are happy events. Your reactions and emotions are different, so you express them differently. Just think of all the happy faces you can make.