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Chapter 15 The Clues of Emotions (5)
People usually consciously suppress their fears, so full expressions of fear are uncommon.

What is the full fear expression?It resembles full-bodied anger, with the same brow furrowed, eyes widened, and mouth wide open.But in many details, the two are different.

Eyebrows: Although the eyebrows in the expression of fear are also close to the middle, forming raised folds between the eyebrows, the brows are raised, while the brows are depressed when angry.

Eyes: The upper eyelids in the fear expression are raised as much as possible as in the anger expression, in order to open the eyes wide, let more light enter the eyes, and see the stimulus clearly.However, due to the different direction of brow force, the folds formed on the upper eyelid are also different.When the upper eyelid is in fear, there will be an obvious angle near the 1/3 of the inner corner of the eye. The eyes as a whole look upward from the outer corner of the eye, forming a small triangular eye.For angry eyes, the arc formed by the upper eyelid is very gentle, and there is no upward angle.

Mouth: The full expressions of fear and anger both open their mouths wide for the purpose of yelling.However, another function of the open mouth in fear is to breathe, and to breathe quickly, so the degree of grinning is relatively large, but the degree of opening and closing is small.

In addition to being similar to angry expressions, fear expressions are also often associated with surprise and sadness.In the face of a sudden and huge threat, there will be one second of reaction time, which is surprise.It soon became clear that resistance was useless. Seeing that safety and life would be threatened, surprise turned into fear.And when the threat comes, fear turns to sadness.

As mentioned in the surprise part, the full surprise expression lasts only 1 second, and will be replaced by other emotions soon.Surprise turns to fear when the stimulus becomes too threatening and the confidence to resist is lost.Therefore, there is a subtle but inevitable connection between fear and surprise, and a comparison in expression is also needed.

eyebrows
The eyebrows in the surprised expression are basically unchanged, but are raised overall under the contraction of the frontalis muscle.The eyebrows in the expression of fear will be pressed down and wrinkled under the action of the frontal muscle and the corrugator supercilii, and because the middle bundle of the frontal muscle is tightened, the brow will be raised, forming a whole brow that is depressed and the brow is raised and wrinkled up shape.

Obviously, the eyebrows in the fear expression are more complex than the eyebrows in the surprise expression.Press down to show concern, but lift to open eyes wide to see the stimulus.

Eyelid
The eyelids in surprise and fear expressions are lifted upwards, but the lifting force is stronger when surprised, and you can even see the whites above the eyeballs, but it is different in fear, because the eyelids trying to lift have to change due to the pressure of the eyebrows. Shaped, leaving a crease on the upper eyelid.However, the eyes in fear are still much larger than the eyes in normal state. The larger the eyes, the deeper the degree of fear.The same goes for surprise and anger, the larger the eye, the greater the stimulus for that emotion.

Changes in the eyelids, which make the eyes of fear so distinctive that they are easy to spot.Because the eyebrows are generally depressed and raised, there is a distinct crease above the eyes, which is the main feature that distinguishes surprise from fear.

mouth
Although the mouth in the surprised expression is large, only the lower jaw is moving, and other muscles are not involved.When the mouth opens in fear, the levator upper lip muscle, the upper lip levator alar muscle, the platysma muscle, and the lower lip muscle jointly participate.Like when surprised, the mouth opened wide during fear is also for inhaling, storing energy, so that it can escape as soon as possible after determining that the stimulus source poses a life-threatening threat to itself.But when you are surprised, you inhale quickly, and when you are afraid, you inhale deeply, because the greater threat of the stimulus requires more energy.

With the different degrees of threat caused by the stimulus, the degree of fear is also different. When it is the slightest, it is worry, increasing to anxiety and fear, and when it is the most full, it is fear.Next, we analyze this incremental relationship with a hypothesis:

Suppose there is a warning news saying that a murderer has fled to a certain area, and there may be some activities in the near future. Local residents are asked to close their doors and windows during the day and reduce going out at night, especially going out alone.At the same time, the police hope that residents will cooperate with their work. If you find the suspect in the photo, please contact the police in time.

When people first heard the news, the emotion presented was worry.Because it is possible that you or a family member may become a victim, although it is unlikely, it does exist.People check the doors and windows every day when they go out, and never go out at night, and family members are also forbidden to go out.Once a family member doesn't come home late at night and the phone doesn't work, worry turns to anxiety as the likelihood of distress increases.If the family member finally returns home, the uneasiness disappears and is replaced by joy.If a family member doesn't come home overnight and the phone doesn't work, the anxiety turns into fear, the fear that the family member is really in danger, and the fear becomes reality.This is the psychological characteristic of fear, subjectively predicting bad things to happen, and wanting to escape.

The family member returned home the next day and said he had been assisting the police after seeing the offender last night and secretly calling the police.For safety's sake, you can't call home.It is a pity that the criminal escaped and saw the face of the whistleblower.At this time, not only will the fear not subside, but it will deepen, and everyone will want to leave this place as soon as possible to ensure safety.

Sure enough, the criminal came to the door and was controlled by the criminal after a struggle.At this time, fear becomes fear, because it is subjectively determined that something tragic is about to happen.Fear turns to sadness once something bad is decided to happen.

Worry, anxiety, and fear, these three emotions have their own expression characteristics, which need to be carefully distinguished.

Worry
Because the negative impact of the stimulus is small, although there is a possibility of life-threatening, it is extremely unlikely, so the expression of worry will not be as full as the expression of fear.Lowered eyebrows, raised and furrowed brows are typical of worry and indicate stress.The eyes are slightly opened, because the stimulus is not large, so there is no need to open the eyes to obtain more visual information.The mouth is closed tightly, and the corners of the mouth are tensed, indicating restraint.

If the mouth is relaxed, it means less worry.At this time, only the changes in the eyebrows are left on the expression, which looks very sad.However, the sad eyes are slightly different from the worried eyes. The former is dull because of the loss of expectations, while the latter is full of strength.

不安
Anxiety is closer to fear than worry, so there are obvious changes in facial features.The eyebrow part is similar to worry, but the eyes are wide open.This kind of expression is common when we hear some bad news, such as: the child fights with the classmate, and both the child and the classmate are injured; waiting for a friend whom we haven’t seen for a long time at the airport, but everyone is gone and we still haven’t seen it Arrived; the family did not return late at night, and the phone could not be reached; waiting for a very important interview result, because the competition is too strong, and there is a danger of being eliminated?All of this creates unease.

Scared

Fear is the closest to fear and therefore the most expressive.The brows are raised and furrowed, and the entire brow is contorted; the eyes are wide open; the mouth is slightly open, exposing the upper teeth and part of the lower teeth; the nasolabial folds are deepened.

From these analyses, it can be seen that the changes in the eyebrows and eyes are different in every level of fear emotion, but not without trace.Brows lowered, brows raised and furrowed, and upper eyelids raised are microexpressions of fear.Even if the mouth is not open, just a slight lift of the upper eyelid and twisted eyebrows represent fear.

I remember that a celebrity published his autobiography, which was questioned by readers that he did not write it himself.Because his cultural level is not high, but the whole book shows a solid literary foundation in terms of structure, logic, and use of words and sentences, so it aroused suspicion from others.In order to clarify the facts, the celebrity held a press conference and told everyone that the book was indeed written by him.Most people think he is very sincere, but in fact, many of his micro-expressions give him away.

micro expression one
Reporter: You said in the book that you used your spare time to supplement your professional knowledge, so what professional works have you read?
He paused for 1 second, which shows that he didn't expect a reporter to ask such detailed questions, and then he smiled awkwardly and replied: I haven't read much, so don't say it to make everyone laugh.Embarrassment is one of the emotions derived from fear. It means losing control of the development and rhythm of things and feeling that one's reputation is threatened.

micro expression two
Reporter: Which book are you reading recently?
He replied: a book by Stanislavski.

When answering, he hesitated briefly.When answering, the head is tilted slightly forward, the chin is retracted, and the upper eyelid is lifted.Although these changes are very subtle, as long as they have undergone a lot of micro-expression training, they can still be seen through at a glance.This is a wrestling pose brought on by anger, representing the threat of his lie being exposed.

micro expression three
Reporter: You quoted Stanislavsky's most classic sentence in the book, which I think is very well used.Although everyone is familiar with it, I still hope you can use it to warn younger generations.

He replied: I am also a newcomer, how can I warn the younger generation.

At this time, his eyebrows were lowered and raised, showing the typical expression characteristics of fear.And the eyes are wandering, which means escape.

micro expression four
Reporter: How do you think those professional works will help your career?
He replied: Those knowledge filled the gaps that I hadn't taken professional courses, and made me improve a lot.Whether in terms of professionalism or professionalism, they have given me great help.

He gave a nonsensical answer, and at the same time, looked down, and his lips were pursed into a disturbed expression.

micro expression five
Reporter: If you were asked to recommend a professional book to younger generations, which one would you recommend?
He gave up answering, and the agent immediately reminded that the time was up and the press conference was over.

At this moment, he showed a guilty expression.Guilt means giving up all resistance and admitting to lying.

Don't these small details seem amazing, as long as you practice hard, you can also tell who is telling the truth and who is lying.You will also know how to induce a liar to admit that he is dishonest.

go away, nasty person

When we see those disgusting foods, we squint our eyes, wrinkle our noses, pull back the corners of our mouths, and sometimes vomit.This is the classic expression of disgust, whose original stimulus is spoiled, disgusting food.

When humans did not have the concept of food hygiene, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and other symptoms often occurred due to eating spoiled food, and severe cases might die.Therefore, the aversion to spoiled food has become a survival skill.

With the development of civilization and technology today, human beings rarely eat spoiled food by mistake, but the expression of disgust remains and evolves into a reaction to undesirable phenomena, events and characters.

Compared with anger, sadness, and fear, the disgust response is not as strong, and the facial expression changes are not as drastic.This is because the stimulus brought by the stimulus is not great and will not have a negative impact on itself.The source of disgust varies with the stage of social development. For example, in a feudal society, a man and a woman would be disgusted when they met alone, but today, it is not a source of disgust.In today's society, there are roughly two situations that can trigger disgust: denial and disapproval of the stimulus source; thinking that it is bad and hateful, but it does not pose a threat.

A volunteer (pseudonym H) participated in a psychological experiment. She told a story from which we can analyze the formation of the emotion of disgust.

H is a beautiful girl who was pursued all the time in college, but she focused on her studies and never dated any boys until she graduated.On the day of the graduation ceremony, she suddenly received a letter with the general content: H, I know you have had a crush on me for many years.Because of the busy study, I have been pretending to turn a blind eye to you.We graduated today, and the burden of study has been temporarily put down. I hope to clarify this relationship with you and enter the society together.The signature is a boy named J. There are quite a few boys in class H, and there are only a few who come and go frequently. She doesn't remember any contact with J.

At first, H suspected that J had misremembered the person, so he specially found him to have a talk. J is a self-righteous boy. Although he is not handsome and his grades are not excellent, he always thinks that he is a heartthrob, and he doesn't easily glance at girls. He has the feeling of a high-ranking prince.

H finds him and asks if he made a mistake. But J said no, and said very firmly that H had a crush on him. H asked him why he said she had a crush on him. In the past four years, they had only spoken a handful of things, and there was almost no intersection. How could there be a secret love. J told H that during the opening ceremony, she deliberately stepped on him and smiled at him. From then on, he believed that H had a crush on him, otherwise, why would he not fall in love for four years, and it's not like there are no boys Chase, it's not obvious that he is waiting for him.

This really made H dumbfounded. She said that she did step on him at the opening ceremony, but she didn’t mean it. It’s the minimum courtesy to smile, and she didn’t accept other people’s pursuit for four years in order to focus on her studies. She also wanted to Prepare for a master's degree.If you want to fall in love, you have to be admitted to a master's degree.Later, J kept saying that H had a crush on him among his classmates, which made H very embarrassed.

When talking about this matter, H experienced disgust and anger once. The disgust was mentioned when J insisted that H had a crush on him, and the anger appeared when J went around telling his classmates that H had a crush on him. .A psychologist asked her why she disliked J, and she replied: "I hate boys who have princely disease, they are too self-righteous, he is not handsome, and his grades are not good, why do you think I will like him. If I want to like him, I like him." Tall and handsome, at least he is a well-educated boy. In short, he makes me feel bad."

There is another similar case, also provided by a volunteer, here we call him M.

During M's internship, I met a person who claimed to be a director, and wanted to discover him as an artist.It is undeniable that M is tall and handsome, calm and kind-hearted, coupled with profound knowledge, he is very suitable to be a high-quality idol.However, M still prefers the programming industry, and has no interest in the performing arts industry.In order to persuade him to participate in his own movie, the director said that he had worked with many directors and actors, and also named a few actors, some of whom were even famous Oscar winners. At that time, M wondered why he was so unknown since he had worked with so many famous people.But out of politeness, M didn't leave immediately, but listened to him.

When the director expounded his own artistic philosophy and the current art trend, M found that his ideas were clichéd and somewhat obscene, unlike what a well-educated and knowledgeable person should have.The director told him that today's movies don't focus on connotation and culture, but on big-name effects. As long as there are big-name stars, they will definitely become popular. M asked, since you think big names should act, why do you have to let me act in your movie.The director said that many big names have already signed the film, but they are all green leaves, and the male lead has not been found. I met M by chance today, and I think his temperament fits the role very well. M asked some professional questions about art, and the director stammered and evasively answered, not like a professionally educated person at all.

Looking at the bombastic director, M felt disgusted.He believes that the director's views are incorrect, and a good movie story is always the soul.Also, M thinks the director is very bad.

From these two cases, it can be seen that negativity and badness are the stimuli of disgust, which make the person feel disgusted, but these have no influence on him.Another point to note is the difference between disgust and anger.Just like H's case, at first her emotion was disgust, but when J spread rumors that she had a crush on him, the disgust turned into anger, because this has threatened her reputation and may affect her future relationship path .

Knowing the stimulus of disgust, let's look at the characteristics of a full disgust expression.

The most extreme disgust expression is vomiting, which will appear when eating disgusting food or seeing disgusting scenes.Some forensic students, at the beginning of their professional courses, would vomit strongly when they saw a dead body, which is extremely disgusting.When vomiting, the mouth should be opened very wide in order to spit out all the filth.In this movement, not only the lower jaw is moving (moving the chin down), but also the levator lip and levator alar muscles (lifting the upper lip).In addition, the eyes will be closed tightly and the brow will be furrowed when vomiting.On the one hand, closing the eyes is to cut off the visual stimulation brought by the stimulus source, on the other hand, because the eyeball pressure will increase when vomiting, the eyes have to be closed tightly to relieve the pressure.Because the feeling is strong, the degree of eyes closing is also great.When the orbicularis muscle contracts, the cheeks also bulge due to the contraction of the levator alar muscles of the upper lip. They squeeze the eyes together, forming many folds around the eyes, especially the lower eyelids, which have the most folds.

The full disgust expression that doesn't vomit, and the gaping mouth is gone, but all other expressions are retained.The eyes are closed, the brows are wrinkled, the nose is wrinkled, and the mouth is closed tightly, resulting in a state of "not seeing", "not smelling" and "not eating".

Eyebrows: Because of the contraction of the corrugator supercilii, the eyebrows are tightened, and at the same time, due to the contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle, the eyebrows are pressed down.

Eyes: Contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle closes the eyes, creating more creases in the lower eyelids.

Mouth: Under the joint action of the levator lip muscle and the levator alar muscle of the upper lip, the upper lip is lifted and a deep nasolabial fold is formed.And because of the action of the mentalis muscle, the lower lip is forced upwards, and the chin forms uneven folds.At the same time, the depressor anguli oris muscle pulls the corners of the mouth down, creating a slight curvature at the corners of the mouth.

(End of this chapter)