Comments on: Faces http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10106/faces/ A bunch of stuff I would have emailed you about. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:08:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10106/faces/comment-page-1/#comment-104186 Elizabeth Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:01:17 +0000 /?p=10106#comment-104186 Ekman's work is not about those times when you have all the context and time in the world to read a face. It's about when all you have is a split second. That's his context. Like a cop suddenly faced with a potential suspect for whatever crime. The only way he's going to decipher in a split second the difference between anger and fear and surprise and disgust etc. is if he's practiced looking in detail at the subtle differences. He may only have a split second in which to make a life/death decision. Or take a juror trying to read a witness and the flash of a look that witness betrays before he/she composes him/herself. It's about catching the deeper truth. Ekman’s work is not about those times when you have all the context and time in the world to read a face. It’s about when all you have is a split second. That’s his context. Like a cop suddenly faced with a potential suspect for whatever crime. The only way he’s going to decipher in a split second the difference between anger and fear and surprise and disgust etc. is if he’s practiced looking in detail at the subtle differences. He may only have a split second in which to make a life/death decision. Or take a juror trying to read a witness and the flash of a look that witness betrays before he/she composes him/herself. It’s about catching the deeper truth.

]]> By: Faces « MaisonBisson.com http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10106/faces/comment-page-1/#comment-53373 Faces « MaisonBisson.com Sat, 08 Jul 2006 19:14:52 +0000 /?p=10106#comment-53373 [...] The thing about this is that it reminds me of Troy Bennett’s Human-IntoFace, reported here back in 2002 and 2004. [...] [...] The thing about this is that it reminds me of Troy Bennett’s Human-IntoFace, reported here back in 2002 and 2004. [...]

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