People's emotions are expressed through facial activities. Few people have noticed that the change of people's left and right faces is asymmetric, and the expression starts from the left face.
American scholar Wolff made an in-depth study of human facial expressions. He pointed out in his paper that when people express their emotions, the changes on the left side are stronger than those on the right side.
After the paper was published, three psychologists from the Department of Psychology of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States immediately found 86 people with different personalities and conducted a series of experiments. The results confirm Wolff's assertion that human facial expressions are asymmetrical from left to right, and expression changes usually start from the left face. This is because the left face is controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain. The right hemisphere of the brain is usually in direct contact with the outside world, and there is no need to use words as a medium (words are controlled by the left hemisphere), so the expression on the left face is faster and stronger than that on the right face.
In other words, the human brain is divided into two hemispheres, and the feelings from the heart are usually controlled by the right brain, but they are embodied in the left face; The left brain deals with rational feelings (feelings of restraint and disguise) and then reflects them on the right face. So the expression on the left face is mostly true, and the expression on the right face may be false. If you want to know each other's true feelings, you must force yourself to observe each other's left face.
Through other people's facial expressions, you can get the following information:
(1) Expression reflects mentality.
Expression will be different due to gender, age, culture and many other factors. But generally speaking, a single expression is easy to judge, and the most difficult thing is that there are several expressions on a face at the same time. In addition, some external factors will also bring difficulties to judge emotions.
The factors that complicate the judgment include: whether you have seen the face to be judged before, comprehensive background clues, the emotional state of the judge, the facial features of the judged person, and the specific methods of observing the face.
Expression is a barometer of emotion. Through expressions, we can observe the reactions of people who are talking to us beyond words. Very happy, smiling, indicating that the conversation atmosphere is very harmonious; Glare and glance left and right show that the conversation has not found a way out.
Some subtle expression changes can also prompt us whether the other party is interested in the topic and whether they are willing to continue. For example, the orientation of the eyes can indicate whether the other person is listening, thinking or indifferent, the tight lips prompt the other person to make up his mind, and the exposure of the blue veins indicates that the other person is about to get angry, so it is time to take emergency measures.
(2) Inferring personality from expression.
People with different personalities may behave differently in the same mood: cheerful people may laugh when they meet happy things, shy people may just grin, and depressed people may only show a wry smile.
People who often smile and relax facial muscles are naturally stable, calm and cheerful; People who often pull a long face and have tense facial muscles are often emotionally unstable and may be narrow-minded and grumpy.
Because facial expressions are formed by facial muscle activities, muscle activities will form various representations on the face, such as. Over time, these representations will be unforgettable and become permanent expressions, revealing some of my personality to the outside world.
(3) Expressions can help people to discard the false and retain the true in conversation.
For various reasons, people may not be able to fully express their true thoughts in verbal conversation, so the quality of communication will be greatly reduced. At this time, expressions can help both parties to understand their true intentions correctly.
Because most expressions are physiological and not dominated by will, when a person wants to hide the truth, he will deviate from his true intention. However, at this time, the expression may betray him and expose the facts covered by audio language. For example, when employees are dissatisfied with the boss, although they say something decent, they will still show their dissatisfaction on their faces, or at least they will be covered up.
Besides oral English can cover up the truth, people also use expressions to cover up their true feelings or intentions. For example, when some people talk about things that claim to make him happy, they will show a gratified smile on their faces. But if his feelings are false, it is likely that there is something else on his face, or just in his eyes.
This short-lived expression is called an instant expression. It is deliberately hidden, but it will jump out at any time to expose its disguise.