Learning From The Dead: What Facial Muscles Can Tell Us About Emotion

Science Daily ^ | 6-17-2008 | University of Portsmouth

[blam]

Love at first sight?

[prolifefirst]

Now that's an intriguing headline.

[JCG]

Laugh and the world laughs with you, but wrinkle your nose and you could find yourself on your own.

Last time I wrinkled my nose it took a box of starch and a steam iron to get it straightened out.

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Send treats to the troops...
Great because you did it!
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[prolifefirst]

“The problems with quantifying facial musculature is that they're not like other muscles. They're fairly flat, difficult to separate from surrounding connective tissue and they all attach to one another."

Not likely!!! What are the odds that there would be that kind of variation, especially whithin races. Come on.

[Darksheare]

Not my fault.
Wonder if underlying muscle structure ‘winds up’ being similar between married couples?
I.e. we home in on subtle unconcious cues to similarities?

[blam]

"Wonder if underlying muscle structure ‘winds up’ being similar between married couples? I.e. we home in on subtle unconcious cues to similarities?"

Good question...I wonder too.

[MeanWestTexan]

I can wiggle my ears.

[donna]

But there are up to nineteen muscles which may be present in the face and many people do not possess all of them.

I bet William Shatner has every single muscle.

[devane617]

Just smile...and all will be well...

[devane617]

I bet shatner does not have as many facial muscles as john holmes had...

[MSF BU]

Just checked this to see if we had any “Night of...” or “Dawn” pictures to accompany this story.

[Darksheare]

Probably impractical to find out without very detailed CT scans.

[devane617]

I just finished reading “World War Z”, by Max Brooks (Mel’s son). UGH!!! It’s awful!!! NYTimes has it in the top ten...don’t bother...

[Darksheare]

..in jars next to my bed.
*wincing*

Bad joke, I know.

[donna]

Who is john holmes?

[C210N]

scientist at the University of Portsmouth who examined the facial muscles in cadavers...

This has GREAT Potential to fix our voting system! Poll workers trained with these techniques, after getting the name and address of the voter, will be able to discern many of the illegal democrat voters, and prevent them from trying to cast illegal votes.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Who is john holmes?"

He wrote children's books.

[Liaison]

“Who is john holmes?”

He wrote children’s books.

ROFLMAO

[Don Corleone]

The Risorius muscle, which experts believe controls our ability to create an expression of extreme fear, is found in only two thirds of the population.

Mostly liberals I'd guess. /hah!

[sionnsar]

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