Today I'd like to write about...EXPRESSIONS! I don't know about you but I've noticed some rather hilarious expressions people have when they are standing in front of their own reflection.
Earlier in the week, I was at my University's local coffee shop..it's a cute little place, just walking distance from Science building AKA my second home practically nowadays..anyways this cute little place..justly named "Just Below" has a reflection window on a far end..so here I was waiting in line for my coffee and on the far end, near that reflection window is, there was a line for people wanting their bagels. Practically every single person waiting in that line, boys and girls included, would check out their appearance on that window...lol i'll admit it...even I have done that before...however, today I noticed that people had a quick go-to expression for a split second while checking themselves out on that window. It must be hilarious for the person on the other side, since that reflection window is actually an Office on the other end. Not many people know that ;)
One my good friend has this surprised look every time she looks into a mirror, lifted eyebrows and all, and the funny part is that its such a subconscious effort! I call her out on it every time I notice it..and yet she still does it..lol One of my other friend has this weird smile that doesn't resemble her natural smile at all..also an instinctive, subconscious effort on her part..I havent figured that out...whats the point of having an expression that you would never use? o.O
And coincidently, I tuned into History channel this morning and caught the tail-end of a documentary on primate evolutions and guess what they where talking about?..EXPRESSIONS! they said that over the years primates became very sensitive to facial expressions and that may have triggered the evolution of the face to transmit those expressions and in-turn the brain may have evolved to decode those signals. Interesting point...I wonder what those split second expressions in-front of the mirror represent...
One my good friend has this surprised look every time she looks into a mirror, lifted eyebrows and all, and the funny part is that its such a subconscious effort! I call her out on it every time I notice it..and yet she still does it..lol One of my other friend has this weird smile that doesn't resemble her natural smile at all..also an instinctive, subconscious effort on her part..I havent figured that out...whats the point of having an expression that you would never use? o.O
And coincidently, I tuned into History channel this morning and caught the tail-end of a documentary on primate evolutions and guess what they where talking about?..EXPRESSIONS! they said that over the years primates became very sensitive to facial expressions and that may have triggered the evolution of the face to transmit those expressions and in-turn the brain may have evolved to decode those signals. Interesting point...I wonder what those split second expressions in-front of the mirror represent...
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| Prototypical chimpanzee facial expressions and homologous facial movements in a human (Ekman et al., 2002). |
Have a great weekend,
This is Mira, signing out!
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