How Facial Expressions and Body Language Speak For All Of Us, All The Time.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Surprise and Happiness















Surprise? Happiness? Or both?

Both show the high, rounded brows of surprise. However, remember that surprise is the briefest emotion of all. George may have been surprised a moment ago, but now he's communicating happiness. The high arch of his brows makes it a little tougher to tell if he's genuinely happy with what/whom he's seeing, or if he is sending a social smile (he's wearing a tuxedo, so it's probably a very social and public arena he's in). Obama also has the arched brows, but it's more likely that he's instinctively giving the baby an open, friendly, happy face to look at.

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