Zubeidat Tsarnaev the Mother of the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects - Dzokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev is featured in this short video interview where she says, "What happened is a terrible thing, but I know, that my kids have nothing to do with this. I know it. I'm mother. I have, I, you know, I, I know my own kids, I know my kids. I ... really my kids never get involved into anything like that."
Although she proclaims her sons' innocence, at multiple times she displays contempt - probably for those who committed the crime. One of these moments is captured in the image below. Note her dramatic mouth asymmetry (although the nonverbal sign of mouth asymmetry can indicate other emotions). Her lip is curled up in a snarl and her right nostril is simultaneously dilated. The area between the upper lip and the nose is also tightened. This is a strong nonverbal cluster indicating she feels sincere contempt - probabaly for those who bombed the Boston Marathon.
Later in the video (during 0:11 - 0:17) Ms. Tsarnaev with her right hand (most probably her hand of dominance) touches her full palm to her upper chest (a heartfelt "Palmar Touch" over sternum and left chest). Her right hand (which is holding what looks like a phone) is placed on top of it as she also displays two prolonged eyelid closures (0:13 & 0:14) as she says, "... I'm mother. I have, I, you know, I, I know my own kids, I know my kids. I ...". The cluster of body language she displays here is significant for a high sincerity quotient here as well.
Of course sincerity is about belief, feelings and communicating truth - and here the "truth" for her is what she perceives it to be. Ms. Tsarnaev is not lying if her thoughts, feelings, nonverbals and her words are congruent - and in this video they are. She loves her sons. And she sincerely believes that they are not the perpetrators of the bombings.
Ms. Tsarnaev is feeling other emotions as well. What are these and what other corresponding body language do you see here?
See also:
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2373: We Feel Contempt towards Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev - What Does His Body Language Reveal?
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2372: Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects - A Common Pre-Crime Body Language Pattern
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2375: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and a Body Language False Positive
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2312: Bruce Willis' Body Language - Contempt vs. Suppressed Smile vs. Pseudo Smile vs. Sincere Smile
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2191: Anne Hathaway's Impersonation of Katie Holmes on SNL - "Norming" Katie and Variations on a Theme
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2323: Jodi Arias Murder Trial The Body Language of Self-Contempt-Regret
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2207: Body Language, Sincerity and Mahmoud Abbas United Nations grants Palestine "Nonmember Observer State"
Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2275: Lance Armstrong's Insincerity - Body Language revealed in Oprah Winfrey Interview Part III
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