Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2560: A Debt Default is (for now) Averted - President Obama's Microexpression of .... (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

In this Video clip Barack Obama displays a beautiful example of a microexpression of pain or anticipation (or emotional recall) of pain known by its common colloquial - a "wince" or "grimace". This example is not extreme; it is subtle yet very telling.

Note: The original video has, since the original post, been removed from its online source. The image below however, was captured from this video. 

The President begins, "Good evening everybody. Ah Tonight, republicans and democrats in congress have come together around an agreement that will reopen our government and remove the threat of default from our economy. Ah, the Senate has now voted to approve this agreement and democrats - and republicans in the house still have an important vote to take, but I want to thank the leaders of both parties ah for getting us to this point ...."

At the 0:18 second mark, an instant before the President says, "... republicans ..." a clear microexpression of pain (grimace, wince) - here emotional pain/distress is seen in his pause followed by his bilateral blink.

Had the anticipation (or memory of) emotional or physical pain been more extreme, a brief central forehead contraction would also be seen together with a pulling back and downwards of the mouth corners as well as a partial bearing of the bottom teeth. Further extremes of wincing are accompanied by a pulling backwards of the head, neck, torso (and even stepping backwards) as well as a tightening of the neck muscles.

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2550: Sergio Consuegra, the Brave Man Who Stood between the Motorcyclist-Attackers and the SUV Driver, Multiple Microexpressions of Contempt

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2559: John Boehner's Body Language - Microexpression of Contempt vs. Facial Tic

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2558: Reggie Jackson Displays a Great Combined Microexpression, Mr. October's Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2541: Barack Obama, Permanent U.N. Security Council Members, Syria's Chemical Weapon Disarmament and a Presidential Gaffe - Body Language in the Oval Office

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2552: Tom Hanks, the Real Captain Phillips and Recalling the Emotion of Fear

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2050:  George Zimmerman's Interview on Fox -  Microexpression of Contempt and  Duping Delight

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2536: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani Interview with Christiane Amanpour; Body Language Tells 

 
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Body Language Analysis # 1502: Tiger Woods' Meltdown at the Masters - "I Want to Wipe it from My Mind!"

Earlier today, in round three of the 2012 Masters Tournament, Tiger had a major meltdown. His tee shot on 16 went into a bunker and Woods then kicked his golf club. He then gave us a great example of a body language cluster. 

At the 0:29 mark of the video, he reaches up with his right hand and rubs both eyes. The "Double Eye Rub" is a classic nonverbal wherein the person's psyche is attempting to "wipe from their mind" what they just witnessed. At this point, Woods is primarily trying to erase the memory the loss of his temper rather than the just bad shot. Whenever both eyes are rubbed simultaneously - there is intense emotional processing taking place - the emotional mind is attempting to regroup (please note: "the single eye rub" means something completely different).

See also: Secret # 199: When a Lie is Told, Heard or Visualized by .... Vladimir's Eye

As the right hand completes the rubbing of his eyes, about a second later, it also rubs his nose heavily on the way down. No doubt Tiger's entire face was "itching". It is an extremely common and even expected for the face to "itch" during such times of stress. In fact, the number one reason people touch their faces' - is anxiety related. 

Woods' mouth also takes on an expression that most would call a "wince" or "grimace" (0:29 - 0:31, and microexpression recurrence at the 0:32 mark). In this context, his lips-teeth-jaw configuration is one of emotional pain (primarily) coupled with an element of fear (secondarily). Although we cannot see his forehead, we would highly expect its central portion to be contracted (furrowed) with the lateral (outside) portions to be relaxed (smooth).

Few of us live under the microscope of media that Tiger Woods does. Like most professionals who are very good at what they do, Woods' emotions are not nearly as well in check as he desires or even believes them to be. One benefit of becoming a student of body language, is becoming much more aware of one emotions, retrospectively, in real-time - and sometimes even as emotions are in crescendo.

See also: Secret # 291: Obama and Biden, Visual-Emotional Blocking

See also: Secret # 29: Eye Rub When Someone Else is Speaking - Angela Doubts Vladimir

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