1. Micro Expressions What our face is telling others.

2. Intro “Real” Smiles vs. Fake Smiles

3. What is a “MicroExpression” “is a brief, involuntary facial expression shown on the face of humans according to emotions experienced.” Last “only 1/15 to 1/25 of a second. “occur in high-stakes situations” “first discovered by Haggard and Isaacs…in their 1966 study” Source: Wikipedia

4. Example of MicroExpressions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8LJAeg9YJ4&feature=player_embedded

5. 7 “Detectable Expressions” Happiness Surprise Sadness Fear Anger Disgust Contempt

6. Example of Ekman’s Action Units Source: http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~cvrl/tongy/aurecognition.html

7. Example of Ekman’s Action Units “The enjoyment smile was defined by the presence of 2 AU’s,The A12 and the A6 with no further facial actions present.” -Paul Ekman and Erika Rosenberg, “What the Face Reveals: Basic and Applied Studies of Spontaneous Expression…”, pg. 118 Source: http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~cvrl/tongy/aurecognition.html

8. Example of Ekman’s Action Units “The enjoyment smile was defined by the presence of 2 AU’s, The A12 and the A6 with no further facial actions present.”-Paul Ekman, “What the face reveals: basic and applied studies of spontaneous expression”, pg. 118 Source: http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~cvrl/tongy/aurecognition.html

9. Flashcard Activity: Way to get feedback on your skill at interpreting faces and “microexpressions.”

10. Activity - Debrief Were there certain emotions that were easy to recognize? Other’s that were more difficult

11. How This Relates to Class Decoding a Message Paradigm of Facial Interpretation – where are we coming from; What influences our paradigm of how we interpret faces?

12. Other Resources Paul’s Book – use the Flash Cards Facs Free online tutorials http://www.cio.com/article/facial-expressions-test Experiments – Record a conversation using your iPhone or iPad and look at the expressions. Evaluate them using Eckman’s guidelines. Anything surprising?

13. Additional Material (..if extra time….)

14. Sample Experiment Recording the expressions of my finace….

16. John Gottman’s Work John Gottman's theories of how to predict which couples will stay married Gottman says 4 Destructive Emotions Defensiveness Stonewalling Criticism Contempt* Source: Wikipedia