Body Language Analysis No. 3989: Peter Sagan Regarding his Disqualification from the Tour de France and Mark Cavendish's Crash - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

In the video above, World Champion Cyclist, Peter Sagan makes a statement regarding his part in the Mark Cavendish's crash yesterday at the end of stage IV in this year's Tour de France. If you haven't yet watched the video of the crash itself (below), watch the video above first.

During his statement, Peter Sagan repeatedly makes a particular expression comprised of a specific, and classic, set of nonverbal facial signals.

This cluster includes:

1. Elevated Central Forehead Contraction (elevated CFC)
2. Subtle Mouth Smile
3. Upper Eyelids which are slightly "droopy"

Note that the side (lateral) portions of Sagan's forehead are not contracted - just the center. It's also important to note that it's an unnatural movement for the forehead to be elevating while the upper lids (tissue which is immediately adjacent) are moving in the opposite direction (partially closing or slightly droopy). Try doing with your own face right now - see how contradictory it feels.

In addition, his slight "mouth smile" is asymmetrical - with his left side more elevated. Asymmetry alone in any facial expression is strongly suggestive that any coincident verbal language is contradictory (and insincere).

This facial cluster/combination is an expression which is highly indicative of insincerity.

Also during this same statement, Mr. Sagan displays a classic anxiety dynamic where he begins to touch/scratch/rubs his upper forehead, continuing to the top of his head, and finishing this MAP (Manipulator, Adaptor, Pacifier) on the back of his neck - rubbing it twice (0:33 - 0:40) - all as he is says, "... but it's very bad th- ahhhm, Mark, yeah, fell down, and ahhhh, that is important if ahhh, he can ah recovery well. I'm sorry for that ...". This display is very indicative of higher levels of anxiety.

The video immediately below shows the crash.






Summary: Peter Sagan knows he caused Mark Cavendish's fall in stage IV of this year's Tour de France. Although he does feel some remorse about Cavendish's injury (and his subsequent withdrawal from the race), Sagan lied when he said, " ... For sure I'm not agree with them because I, I think I didn't, do something wrong, in the, in the sprint ..."


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis & Self-Test # 2252: How Self-Aware are you? Plane Crashes with Collateral Damage to Cars & Highway

If you haven't seen this video yet, here is a quick nonverbal self-assessment. Red Wings Airlines flight 9268 crashed on runway 19 on 29 December 2012 at Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport with eight crew members and no passengers aboard. Thus far there have been a total of five fatalities and the remaining three people are in critical condition. The plane broke up upon impact with portions of it crashing at high speed onto the M3 Highway.

A large part of body language is self-awareness. The more aware you are of subtleties of your own emotions and their nonverbals, the more nuanced you'll become at evaluating others. There is also the distinct advantage of a much more accurate and rapid emotional sensitivity feed-back loop, so as to use your own emotions to your advantage. Most people have very little perception of their own displays - even fairly dramatic ones. This blunting of awareness phenomenon is particularly true during emotional extremes, especially negative emotions.

When you see this video of the airplane crash and the debris hurl across the highway and strike cars - here are some of your own nonverbal displays you may notice:

1.  The corners of your mouth pull back and downwards
2.  Your jaw muscles tighten
3.  Clenching of your teeth
4.  Neck muscles tighten and tent up (the "Neck of Fear")
5.  Pulling back away from the screen of your head, neck and torso
6.  Rapid hand-to-sternum, hand-to-neck, or hand-covering mouth illustrators (Empathy)
7.  Generalized pulling-in of all four limbs, closer to center
8.  Flexing of the most of the major joints (think of a mild to moderate fetal position)
9.  Eyes (lids) open moderately to very wide.
10. Entire forehead contracted and entire eyebrow elevation followed by No.11
11. Central forehead contraction (CFC) with central eyebrow elevation
      (Empathy or Pain - Physical or Emotional Pain Emotional)
12. Abdominal muscle contraction
13. Flaring of nostrils
14. Increase sphincter muscle tone
15. Rapid intake of breath

These are some of the body language signals commonly seen as responses to fear, shock and after a second or two, some indicators of  empathy (No. 6 & 11). Obviously the closer you and your experience are to any real extreme event, the more dramatic these responses will be. However if after initially viewing this video, you do not experience to some degree these nonverbal displays and their corresponding emotions - you are desensitized or worse.

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Body Language Secret # 702: Blake Lively's Mouth of Fear, trying to Smile and  Forehead of Pain

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2103: Great Example of a Microexpression of Fear

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2053: Strong Signal of Fear-Sadness Anxiety - Aurora, Colorado "Batman Shooting

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 931: Harbaugh's Body Language of Fear and Anxiety

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1927: Italy's Fans watching Euro 2012 Final - Body Language Expressions of Fear

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Negotiation Body Language Secret # 1167: Danica's Lips, Danica's Eyes

Danica Patrick is pictured here in a negative emotional state standing next to her boss, Tony Stewart. Although, certainly not dramatic, her eyes are definitely opened wider than normal - indicating elevated adrenaline and increased sympathetic nervous system tone. When you see this "white and wide" eye appearance - think anger, fear or surprise. If we look at Danica's mouth she has a combination of two common nonverbal displays. One is an anxiety signal - an "Inward Lip Roll" (ILR) which indicates an attempt to control the display of negative emotions. However co-existent with the ILR is a second sign, a thinning of the lips - that is, a lateral stretching to the point of almost a disappearance of the lips. When these two body language signals are superimposed - it's sometimes difficult to separate/see both, but in the real-world of course, emotions rarely occur in isolation. The star NASCAR driver is angry and she's trying to control an outward demonstration. How good are you at spotting subtle anger?

After walking away from a crash in NASCAR's Gatorade Duel on Thursday, Danica Patrick will make her first appearance in the Daytona 500 tomorrow.

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