Do western people discern facial expressions by eye brows and mouth(lips?) shapes?

[Hotteok]

I just read on the internet that while Asians (in Asia) try to read and understand people’s emotions based on their eyes

and western guys do that based on people’s eye brows and mouth and lip shapes.

Is it true? Is this, together with western openness, one of the reasons why western people refuse wearing masks more than Asians? 

[Hotteok]

It was an academic report by the way. 

[Qapla]

8 minutes ago, Hotteok said:

Is this, together with western openness, one of the reasons why western people refuse wearing masks more than Asians? 

 

It may have more to do with the idea of "freedom" rather than reading faces. It almost doesn't matter what the issue is, if there is some sort of mandate, restriction, direction or recommended way to do something - many will insist on doing the opposite claiming their "freedom of choice".

 

It could very well be that, if they were to impose a "no mask allowed" mandate, many in the US who refused to wear a mask would demand their right to wear one.

 

 

[Hotteok]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100126111953.htm

[Friends just call me Ross]

Fascinating...

 

[MullumMiss]

What if you don’t have eyebrows? Many women nowadays have tattooed eyebrows and enhanced lips.  🤔

[Lee49]

42 minutes ago, MullumMiss said:

Many women nowadays have tattooed eyebrows

So, they would still move with the forehead.      🤨

[New World Explorer]

Was Jim Carey involved in the study? LOL 😂 

[Leonard Match Valid]

the reality here in Brazil is just like that, eyebrows and mouth

 

here there is a fad of "facial harmonization  

or whatever that is 

it is getting more and more difficult around here to discern people's expressions  

does this count as the end of the world?

[Pabo]

I have heard of a story where an scientist (I cannot remember his topic) was in a remote part of the jungle where he was awoken by an indigenous tribes-person with a spear tapping him when he was lying in his sleeping bag. He not knowing the language of the people or them knowing his or the other dialects of the country he was in, as his face was the only thing they could see of him being a human as his entire body was inside his sleeping bag, he used his eyebrows to communicate that he was getting out of his sleeping bag and was not a threat to them.

[Hotteok]

1 hour ago, Pabo said:

I have heard of a story where an scientist (I cannot remember his topic) was in a remote part of the jungle where he was awoken by an indigenous tribes-person with a spear tapping him when he was lying in his sleeping bag. He not knowing the language of the people or them knowing his or the other dialects of the country he was in, as his face was the only thing they could see of him being a human as his entire body was inside his sleeping bag, he used his eyebrows to communicate that he was getting out of his sleeping bag and was not a threat to them.

 

That must have required lots of eye muscles! 
😳🙄

[Hotteok]

13 hours ago, MullumMiss said:

What if you don’t have eyebrows? Many women nowadays have tattooed eyebrows and enhanced lips.  🤔

That’s why it’s hard to read girls’ minds.

Edited March 30, 2023 by Hotteok

[Pabo]

You can make your eyebrows dance