The Meanings Of Different Facial Expressions | The Communication Blog

Friday, October 8, 2010

The Meanings Of Different Facial Expressions

By Rochard Wade

The face is the most important part of the body when it comes to interpersonal communication. The first thing a person notices about his partner is the face. The expression on your face says a hundred words about you and your feelings. A survey statistics showed that 90% of a communication process is effective due to the non-verbal gestures. Only 10% is dependent on actual spoken words. So is important we understand how to read facial expressions.

Charles Darwin, in his book 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals', has observed that both human beings and animals show different states of mind through similar kind of movements and facial expressions. Facial expressions may vary in significance from place to place and from culture to culture but the most common expressions of joy, sorrow, fear, surprise, anger, disgust etc. remain universal.

If a person is genuinely happy, his lips are typically curled up into a smile and his eyes are soft. A sorrowful expression is one when the lips are curled downwards and eyelids are drooping. Drooping eyelids may also denote shame. Raised eyebrows show surprise or fear. In extreme cases of fear, the lower part of the jaw may drop open. Anger makes a parson's face tightly set around the jaws and eyes glaring, nostrils flare up and eyebrows are lowered down together.

When a person smirks at or mocks someone, he smiles lop sided, with one corner of thee mouth rising. Lips pulled upwards with teeth visible are a sign of disgust. It is easy to detect lies if you know how to read expressions. Too much flickering of eyelids or repeatedly looking away while talking may be signs of lie.

Reading facial expressions is important as it is a tell all about the person you are interacting with. Just about all of these expressions can be made during chat online with Facebook emoticons. Whether you're happy, sad, angry, excited or confused, Facebook emoticons are able to depict every feeling.

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