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When We Lie Using Our Faces, We Are Often Said To Be Acting

Our faces are capable of conveying a wide range of emotions through facial expressions. While facial expressions can honestly display how we feel, we also have some ability to control our expressions and hide our true emotions. Different parts of the face provide clues about emotional states - widened eyes indicate interest or arousal, furrowed brows signify discomfort, and pursed lips show disagreement. However, facial expressions do not always match internal feelings as people can deliberately alter their expressions.

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When We Lie Using Our Faces, We Are Often Said To Be Acting

Our faces are capable of conveying a wide range of emotions through facial expressions. While facial expressions can honestly display how we feel, we also have some ability to control our expressions and hide our true emotions. Different parts of the face provide clues about emotional states - widened eyes indicate interest or arousal, furrowed brows signify discomfort, and pursed lips show disagreement. However, facial expressions do not always match internal feelings as people can deliberately alter their expressions.

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W hen it comes to emotions, our faces are the minds canvas.

We were never specifically taught how to generate or translate


these facial behaviors, and yet we all know them, perform them, interpret
them, and communicate through them

It is estimated that humans are capable of


more than ten thousand different facial expressions (Ekman, 2003, 1415).

Happiness, sadness,
anger, fear, surprise, disgust, joy, rage, shame, anguish, and interest are
universally recognized facial expressions (Ekman, 2003, 137).

While our faces can be very honest in displaying how we feel, they do
not always necessarily represent our true sentiments. This is because we
can, to a degree, control our facial expressions and, thus, put on a false
front.

When we lie using our faces, we are often said to be acting;

Our faces may show a constellation of tension-revealing cues simultaneously:


tightening of jaw muscles, flaring of nose wings (naral
wing dilation), squinting of the eyes, quivering of the mouth, or lip occlusion
(in which lips seemingly disappear). On closer examination, you
might note that eye focus is fixed, the neck is stiff, and head tilt is
nonexistent.

Positive emotions are revealed by the loosening of the furrowed


lines on the forehead, relaxation of muscles around the mouth,
emergence of full lips (they are not compressed or tight lipped), and
widening
of the eye area as surrounding muscles relax.
relaxed and comfortable, facial muscles relax and the head will tilt to the
side, exposing our most vulnerable area, the neck

EYES

when
we like something we see, our pupils dilate; when we dont, they constrict
When we become aroused, are surprised, or are suddenly confronted,
our eyes open upnot only do they widen, but the pupils also quickly
dilate to let in the maximum amount of available light, thus sending the
maximum amount of visual information to the brain

Throughout our lives we employ this


limbic-driven eye-blocking behavior when we hear something terrible,
despite the fact that it neither blocks our hearing nor the thoughts that
follow.

Widened eyes are a positive sign; they indicate that someone is observing
something that makes her feel good.

Contrary to pupil constriction, contentment and positive emotions are


indicated by pupil dilation

LIPS

Lip compression
is very indicative of true negative sentiment that manifests quite
Vividly in real time

We purse our lips or pucker them when


we are in disagreement with something or
someone, or we are thinking of a possible
alternative.

When the lips disappear and the corners


of the mouth turn down, emotions and
confidence are at a low point, while
anxiety, stress, and concerns are
running high.

A sneer fleetingly signifies disrespect or


disdain. It says I care little for you or
your thoughts.

Lip licking is a pacifying behavior that


tends to soothe and calm us down. You
see it in class just before a test

Tongue jutting is seen when people get


caught doing something they shouldnt,
they screw up, or they are getting away
with something. It is very brief.

FOREHEAD

A furrowed forehead is an easy way to


assess for discomfort or anxiety. When
we are happy and content, you hardly see
this behavior.

NOSE

We crinkle our noses to indicate dislike or


disgust. This is very accurate but at times
fleeting. In some cultures it is really
pronounced.

HEAD

When confidence is low or we are


concerned for ourselves, the chin will
tuck in, forcing the nose down.
When we feel positive, the chin comes
out and the nose is high: both signs of
comfort and confidence.

CHEEK

We blush when we are embarrassed, shy, or around our crush

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