DECEPTION ANALYSIS
AND YOU
Lesson one
Recent research on
deception uncovered the existence of micro expressions and subtle
expressions that result from suppressing strongly felt emotion.
Definition
A micro expression is
registered on the face in a micro second. They differ from other
facial expressions in that we do not really like displaying them
(either consciously or unconsciously) and they disappear quickly.
Micro expressions involve the whole of the face and engage the same
muscles in the face in all of us. Subtle expressions involve part of
the muscle set and are often tell tale signs of the full emotional
state.
When and why do they
happen?
Micro-expressions and subtle expressions have been scientifically
documented as the concealed signs of emotion, which are displayed on
the face in high stakes situations when we have something substantial
to lose or gain in a situation.
So, they occur when a
person either deliberately or unconsciously conceals a strong
emotion. There are now scientifically known to be seven emotions
which have universal signals on the faces of human beings which are:
anger, fear, sadness, disgust, contempt, surprise and happiness. You
can learn to recognise them now, consciously, as you already know
them to a degree as you will begin to realise during this course.
These expressions are
flashed upon the face in a fraction of a second. Literally, blink
and you miss them. Well, you miss then consciously, though your
unconscious has always known about them and has learned from a very
young age how to respond to them.
Why you need to know
about them
Have you ever thought someone was deceiving you, though you just
weren’t sure of it? Were you proved correct, months or even years
down the track and just wished you had paid attention to that ‘gut
instinct’ (which was you unconscious screaming at you, but you had
no logical reason to entertain the idea). Do you sometimes wish you
could tell how people really felt?
Do you interview people at work or wish you could read the mind of
the interviewer and deliver the perfect response? Would you simply
like to have the tools to determine if the person you are talking to
is being truthful? This doesn’t have to be a negative
situation; hopefully folks do lie to you to save you from bad news or
to keep that special Christmas present a secret from you until the
big day.
What you will learn
in the entire course
In this course you will
learn how to recognise the displays of emotion on the face of the
person you are communicating with, before they know it themselves and
often, with their complete unawareness of your recognition. People
will start to comment that you must be a mind reader or ask just how
did you know?
What you will need:
A mirror and/or a webcam or some way of seeing your facial movements
What you will learn
in this section: How your forehead moves when expressing certain
emotional states. How to identify those states on the faces of
others.
Why this is helpful:
Identifying an emotional state in another, even if it is denied
by them verbally, increases your communication skills dramatically as
you respond to that state.
Introduction to face
reading
You do not know your
own face as well as you think you do! The first step in identifying
states of emotion on others is to know what your own face is doing.
We all have the same musculature in the face, men, women, children,
whether in outer Mongolia or inner Birmingham. It is now proven that
there are seven emotional states which are identifiable on the human
face and common to all. These are innate, not learned. Certain
facial muscles and thus emotional ‘faces’ are easy to pull
voluntarily and thus falsify. Certain facial muscles involved in
particular expressions are very difficult, or impossible, to activate
voluntarily for most of the population and thereby particularly
reliable in reading others.
Your forehead
Have you wondered why
you feel uneasy when speaking to someone who has had some ‘work’
done to their forehead? When the forehead is frozen, we are denied
the unconscious information we need to interpret subtle (and not so
subtle!) information given away by our forehead.
Of course, there is
more to the face than just the forehead, though this course will
bring your attention to the muscles of the forehead and how the
unconscious part of you, which governs all of your bodily processes,
activates the particular muscles of the face to communicate how you
are feeling to others.
Yes, you already know a
great deal about how others communicate with you by subconsciously
‘reading’ their facial muscles, the forehead particularly, which
is what all great actors and actresses and many politicians have
either learned or inherently have known to be true.
The big gap in your
knowledge is, strangely, your own face.
Now, get your mirror or
prepare to switch on your webcam so that you will be able to see your
own face clearly.
Prepare your face. I
know this sounds a bit daft. Actually this ought to read perhaps
‘Don’t prepare your face’. Just remember times you have seen
your own face without the preparation you usually give it before your
own viewing! You know, when someone has taken a photograph of you
that you do not like, or when you catch your own reflection in a shop
window, for example. Or, nowadays, when your mobile phone’s camera
is reversed as you see your own weirdly angled face gazing
perplexedly into that small metal box instead of the glorious scene
you thought you were photographing!
I would like you to
do this experiment
Before gazing at your
own image, relax your face. Consciously relax all the muscles in
your forehead, cheeks, jaw and chin. It is quite a skill to let it
all go, though do it.
Now, literally, without
moving a muscle, on the face in any case, look at your face closely.
When you accept your
face as it appears at rest, now it is time to make note of the areas
of your face, without judgment.
Close your eyes and
think of something sad. What do you think will happen to your
forehead? What do you think may happen to your eyebrows? Truly
think of something very said to you personally and then, and only
then, open your eyes to look at your image.
What usually happens is
that we are so surprised or sympathetic to our expression that we
immediately change that expression ‘automatically’. If this
happens, do the experiment again.
I shall show you my own
forehead now, please realizing that these expressions are somewhat
exaggerated to give you a proper indication of the movements of the
forehead, in other words, obviously my forehead is not that wrinkly
(okay, yes it is, though aren’t you lucky to have such a clear
example, praise the situations which have given rise to such wrinkles
to help you today!).
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