Intense Emotional Displays

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When I watch this video where people are recorded being tased with a stun gun, I get very nauseated. I have a strong reaction every time I see it and I cannot explain it. I suspect it is because the amount of emotional expression in this video is intense. There are many intense reactions and there are many, many powerful and subtle expressions too.

I believe that we all register emotional reactions at different speeds. Some of us will feel an emotion in very subtle forms. Other people require full expressions to register reactions. I think the sooner one registers an emotion the easier time they have at understanding people.

I also found it very interesting how some people were excited by the idea of being tased, and/or had a strong constitution to fight the pain and over-power it mentally. Some seemed to even enjoy the anticipation, and experience (which is hard for me to understand). Do they have a high pain threshold? Are they good at mind over matter? Do they enjoy pain?  I’d love to ask them!

I have no doubt each of us have different pain thresholds so how we react will vary due to that as well.

I have taken some screenshots where I think the emotional expression is very interesting and revealing, and I’ve labeled them with how they come across to me.

What do you see?

Worrisome dread

dread

Positive Anticipation

positive apprehension
Intense Dread — Can you feel his heartbeat?

wincing dread
Positive  emotion  — subtle surprise

positive surprise

Subtle Fear — gritting of the teeth

subtle fear
Subtle Disgust

Disgust

Slight wincing with true positive joy

mental control...anticipatory joy

Expression of the Day

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I absolutely love this expression!!

Scientific America: What’s in a face?

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Scientific America has a fascinating slide show on illusions of the face and neuroscience. Check it out. The picture to the left corresponds to the third slide and the one I find most perplexing!

Aude Oliva and University of Glasgow researcher Philippe Schyns created this illusion by producing hybrids of two images.  When look at it close up, it is dramatically different than when you look at it far away!

Check it out and enjoy!  Thanks, Janie, for the heads-up on this!

The Emotionless Face of Botox

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If you caught Anderson yesterday, he had a woman on who suffered from serious over-kill with Botox. Her face is literally frozen.  I thought people would like to see what it looks like!

The sad reality is not only are her facial muscles frozen, so is her ability to FEEL emotions!  It’s true. And even worse, scientists have found it also impairs one’s ability to read these emotions on other people’s faces, too–which could be dangerous!

I find Botox makes people look icky.  In person, I can immediately pick up on the “dead pan” face of a Botox user.  They are dead to the world emotionally and it shows. I’d much prefer wrinkles, thank you!