Eyebrows do not lie
No, it's not a fairy tale of the cosmetics industry, but proven fact: eyebrows are important. In a Canadian study, it was found that subjects found it particularly difficult to spot celebrities on photos that had their eyebrows retouched. Without eyes, however, recognition was not a problem. What sounds astonishing to laymen, the expert does not surprise at all.
"While we can control the muscles of the mouth very well, is the movement of the eyebrows more subject to the mainly unconsciously functioning emotional center in the brain? the limbic system. That's why the eye area is very reliable in emotion recognition ?, explains Dirk W. Eilert, head of an Academy for Emotional Intelligence and author of numerous non-fiction books. "Eyebrows do not lie," says Eilert. "You say a lot about the current mood." For example, while raised eyebrows are intriguing and open-minded, downward-drawn ones tend to exude dominance and assertiveness. Very unconsciously, we perceive these signals in our counterpart.
Closing one's eyebrows on the character is hocus-pocus for the mimic expert, but even if it does not make much sense scientifically, are we practicing exactly this hocus-pocus all day? completely intuitive. We check moods and use our unconscious knowledge about the position of the eyebrows. That has a certain effect on us. You should be aware of this when plucking. Because who changes the natural shape of his brows, also changes his external appearance. Sometimes quite contrary to the actual intention.
For example, if a woman who is dating is constantly being dredged up, it may well be due to the shape of the eyebrows. "Especially the high and narrow plucked bow looks interested. The fact that this form was created artificially and does not represent emotionally triggered facial expressions plays no role in this effect. Even in the job, the plucked eyebrow can quickly be misunderstood. Because the classic female brow curve does not necessarily stand for assertiveness. The pretty momentum looks attractive, but could be fatal on the career ladder. For those who want to reach the top should not be permanently interested and in need of harmonization. At least you should still be able to lower your brows, if need be.
This ability to express oneself becomes especially difficult when Botox comes into play. "Then you are hardly able to mimic his verbal message or even to communicate non-verbally," explains Eilert. You can observe this beautifully with some Hollywood actors who, although wrinkle-free in age, seem completely unemotional. "The effect on the other then often scary," says the expert, "because we wait in vain for facial expressions.?
The only glimmer of hope with all these intuitive attribute attributions: The zero-fifteen-Otto normal consumer has long since forgotten his ability to recognize emotions. With an average hit rate of 56.4% in an emotion recognition test, it's safe to say that the others think what they want anyway. As children, we were all a lot smarter, but the emotion recognition suffers over the years. "That's mostly disgusted," explains Dirk W. Eilert. Because of little lies such as? Mom and Dad are not arguing? or? No, mom is not afraid? Parents disturb the good intuition of their children.
Incidentally, Dirk W. Eilert has written an interesting book for adults who would like to re-master this. ? Read facial expressions in 30 minutes? brings the readers back to what they actually knew anyway. Once upon a time. When you have seen when you should forgive yourself. Namely, just when the eyebrows are pulled down in the middle.
You have more than 30 minutes time? Here you will become a facial expression expert:
//www.eilert-akademie.de/
