INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

• Main functions of nonverbal communication;
• The facial configurations;
• Elements of nonverbal communication;
• Lies.

SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS OF FACIAL CODING

• Comparisons of different analysis methods;
• Exercises.

COMPOSING AND DECOMPOSING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

• • Forehead, eyebrows, eyes. Coding of independent and combined movements. How to compose a list of upper face expressions and their meanings: Bringing together and lowering the eyebrows – 4, Raising the inner part of the eyebrows – 1, Raising the outer part of the eyebrows – 2, Wide opened eye – 5, Raising the cheeks – 6, Tension of the eyelids – 7, Closed eyes – 43, blinking – 45, closing one eye – 46.
  • Exercises with pictures and videos.

THE LOWER FACE: NOSE, MOUTH, CHIN

• Corrugating the nose – 9, Raising the upper lip -10, Raising the chin -17, Lowering the corners of the lips -15, Separating the lips – 25, Lowering the jaw – 26, Yawning – 27, Lowering the lower lip -16, Stretching the lips – 20, Dimples -14;
• Interpretation of independent and combined movements;
• Exercises with pictures and videos.

THE CHEEKS AND LIPS

• Accentuating the nasolabial fold -11, Raising the corners of the lips – 12;
• Prominent cheeks – 13. Combinations;
• Puckering the lips – 18, Pushing out the lips – 22, Tightening, thinning and closing the lips – 23, Compressing the lips – 24, internal sucking of the lips – 28;
• Nuances of emotional meanings;
• Exercises with pictures, videos and direct observation.

EMOTIONAL INTERPRETATION

• Six to eight basic emotional expressions;
• Secondary and social emotions;
• Conversational signs;
• Implementation of the scientific analysis of facial expressions in specific sectors;
• Exercises with videos and direct observation.

FINAL EXAM

• A practical exam consisting in the analysis of facial expressions