Talk:Facial expression

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Contents 1 examples of differnt facial expresions 2 smells like spam? 3 Ekman 4 Facial expression and signed languages

[edit] examples of differnt facial expresions

The so called "Cleared as filed" (if that is her real name) has been following me around reverting all my attempts to add positive contributions to Wikipedia. As part of this vendeta they have reverted my adition of Kat Fletcher as an example of aa smug face. In the U.K. Kat Fletcher is well known (googler her and see) for her smag face, do other users agree that she could be added as an example of smugness?

no I don't agree that she should be on this page. She has nothing to do with facial expressions.

Nope, absolutely not. If nothing else, her face is smug more as a quality than an expression.

[edit] smells like spam?

Link at bottom of page:

"Spot a liar from their eye movements! This article tells you about how people unconsciously move their eyes, and how you will know if they are telling you the truth."

[edit] Ekman

The Fore study could use a citation to the original Paul Eckman study (can't do it myself right now, but I'll try to remember to come back and add it).

[edit] Facial expression and signed languages

I followed a link here from the sign language article, and was left unsatisfied. In many sign languages, facial expression does not just show emotion, it also expresses a large portion of the grammar of sign language. I can only add specifics about American Sign Language, but in ASL, the position of the eyebrows indicates a statement versus a yes/no question versus a wh- question. Certain mouth movements serve grammatical functions as well. A twitch of the nose carries meaning. While the term 'facial expression' is linked from sign language to here, there is no discussion in either location about the specifics of facial expression as it relates to sign language. Would that be better added to this article or the sign language one? Cwterp 13:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)