Thursday, May 9, 2013

Research: Mouth


Culiminating: Body Language
Research

 Mouth:


Happy/Pleased
-Slow, deep breathing, sometimes with slightly parted lips, may indicate someone who is relaxing or meditating
-Smiling indicates pleasure, either that you are generally happy and are enjoying the other person's company or that you are amused by something in particular, such as a joke
 --A full smile engages the whole face, particularly including the eyes, which crease and 'twinkle'
--False smiles last longer; Smiling with lips only is often falsehood, where the smiler wants to convey pleasure or approval but is actually feeling something else
- laughter shows greater pleasure and happiness
-A light puckering of the lips into a kiss shape typically indicates desire
-Lip-licking may indicate desire

Frightened/Anxiety
-Opening mouth to get more oxygen is indicative of a person who is frightened or angry
-Breathing faster/ panting may also indicate levels of fear
-Long, tense smiles are characteristic of anxious people trying to ingratiate themselves
-When lips are sucked into the mouth or turned under so the red part of the lips are hidden, this can indicate that the person is thinking and uncertain about something
-Biting the lip, centrally or at the side, is often a sign of anxiety
-A short, deep, exhaling sigh, can indicate sadness, frustration or boredom.
-Short inhalation, particularly in a sequence, can be like silent sobs and hence be an indicator of deep and suppressed sadness
-Corners of the mouth turned down indicates sadness or displeasure
-Teeth grinding; suppression and tension



Anger/Rage
-When the lips are pulled back, they expose the teeth. This may be in a broad smile or it may be a snarl of aggression
-Twisted smile, one side showing a smile and the other showing otherwise; sarcasm
-Poking the tongue out accompanied by a frown indicates disapproval
-Portion of the upper lip turned up into a sneer indicates disgust


Deception/ Lying
-Concealing the mouth is a means of hiding motions that will betray emotions
-Lowering the jaw to show a D-shaped mouth can be a false smile as it is easy to do
-Smiling without opening the mouth, and particularly with lips firmly pressed together, may indicate a suppression of words
-A half-smile, on one side of the face, may indicate cynicism, sarcasm or uncertainty
-Lips which are pulled inwards from all directions are an indication of tension and may indicate frustration or disapproval.
-When the top lip is over the bottom lip, this may be linked with biting of the bottom lip, a common indicator that the person is feeling guilty about something
-Smiling without reaching the eyes; fake


Misc
-Yawning is a sign or tiredness or boredom
-Parting lips is the first stage in speaking and may thus be a signal that the person wants to talk
Lips which are kept horizontal but squeezed flat are an exaggerated closing of the mouth and may indicate a repressed desire to speak

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