Tag Archive for: David Matsumoto
David Matsumoto: Viewer’s Impact
Do you watch “LIE TO ME?”
Dr. David Matsumoto, who is an expert on microexpressions, wrote an interesting blog post on research that was conducted on the impact of “Lie to Me” on viewers. I thought you would enjoy it. What do you think about it?
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Shannon Price: It is a Microexpression
I watched an interview with Shannon Price on Entertainment Tonight earlier this week and I discussed how Shannon grins when she talks about what it was like to take Gary Coleman off of life support. It was flat out haunting, and at that time, I wondered if Shannon’s grin was a microexpression.
For me, at times, I have a hard time distinguishing if something is real-time or a quick-fleeting microexpression–I suspect because it is hard to know what others can’t see when you can see it. I hope that makes sense.
So to answer the question, officially, I contacted Dr. David Matsumoto, an expert in microexpressions, and he informed me that yes, this was indeed, a microexpression.
Dr. David Matsumoto also wrote, “…did you see the micro disgust around 00:39? There is also a unilateral disgust around 1:45. “
Thanks, Dr. Matsumoto, for sharing your expert opinion! I enjoy following Dr. Matsumoto’s work.
Happiness: Are you feeling it?
There have been so many cases lately that are emotionally gut-wrenching, I thought it would be nice to take a look at a photo of happiness.
Read moreIn Dr. Paul Ekman’s research on facial expressions, he found that when he mimicked negative emotions like frowning, he started to feel down, and when he mimicked happy emotions, he started to feel better. If my memory serves me right, he talks about it in his book, Emotions Revealed.
Dr. David Matsumoto, another leading expert on facial expressions, writes about a related topic in National Geographic magazine, (in their Spanish edition, he translates it for you) about how our emotions are “bio-psycho-social reactions”. It’s fascinating reading how our emotions are connected to our biological responses!
So, now that you see a happy face, do you feel better? I hope so! If not, maybe her smile didn’t make you smile? (edited).
I needed a pick me up and I suspect you could use one, too.
Emotions Explained by Dr. David Matsumoto
I thought this was an interesting video on emotions. What do you think?
