Body Language Analysis No. 4287: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - Why Do We Kiss with Our Eyes' Closed (most of the time) - Nonverbal and Emotional Intelligence (PHOTOS)

You may be surprise to know that a healthy person's sensory input is 90% visual. The remaining 10% is essentially "shared" by the other four senses - touch, taste, hearing, and smell. Moreover - 40% of the mass of the human brain is dedicated to vision.

When we close our eyes, a momentary slight re-adjustment of neurologic activity and blood flow occurs - with a bit less in the visual areas of the brain - and a little more in the other regions. This subtle blood flow dynamic brings with it a significant relative shift in oxygen, nutrients, and further increased neurological activity to the remaining 60% of the brain. It follows then, that the other four senses experience an up-regulation of sensitivity. Think about this phenomenon for a moment. We close our eyes when we taste chocolate cake - when we smell a flower - when we are straining to listen to a faint sound. And when in dim light - our tactile sensitivity immediately increase.

But not only do these other four senses become more perceptive - our cognitive focus also increases - and our emotions become more intense.

When sincere affection is present, the vast majority of the time, when we kiss or hug another person (or even when we kiss or hug an animal) - we close our eyes.

SUMMARY: Closing our eyes temporarily amplifies our other senses, our cognition - and in the case of a kiss or hug, our feelings. This facilitates us to more fully drink-in every ounce of emotion - and be entirely in the moment. Thus, closing one's eyes in these scenarios facilitates a natural form of positive biofeedback.

Congratulations to Meghan and Harry - may you have many years of joy, health, and love.


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Body Language Analysis No. 4280: David Beckham, Princess Leia, and Embarrassment

Body Language Analysis No. 4279: Rudy Giuliani regarding President Trump's alleged Sexual Relationship with Stormy Daniels

Body Language Analysis No. 4264: Criminal Profiling - Sketch of Man Who Allegedly Threatened Stormy Daniels (Stephanie Clifford) Over Her Affair with Donald Trump

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Nonverbal Communication Quiz-Analysis No. 2967: George Clooney & Amal Alamuddin Wed in Venice - All The World's a Stage - Sincerity level of Smiles (PHOTOS)

George Clooney and Human Rights Attorney Amal Alamuddin were married yesterday in Venice.

Few people know what it feels like to be under the paparazzi's constant attention - so let's not be too critical of Mr. Clooney's expressions exampled here. These images do however provide a great rapid-contrasting of similar facial expressions in an effort to suss sincerity and discern emotional dissonances.

There is obvious playfulness transpiring in the moment above. What emotion is Ms. Alamuddin is feigning here?  Yet very many "smile" with a mouth configured as her's is here.

Do we have enough information to determine Mr. Clooney's true thought-emotion in this moment?

It can not be stressed enough that if a person is not being sincere in any given moment, that it speaks to that moment only - and not their entire personality or character. 

What feature precludes a sincere smile here?

A different feature (vs. the photo immediately above) tells us this smile is not sincere - what is it?

It is important to note that many sincere smiles are not extreme (e.g. "ear to ear"); many are partially or mostly suppressed and thus possess minimal mouth components.

On a scale from 1 to 10, what would you rate the level of George's sincerity with this smile?

A least three thought-emotions are present in this moment - what are they?

Although you don't know the source of his emotional dissonance, you should be able to label three emotion-thoughts in this moment.

What is Mr. Clooney's "Sincerity Quotient" here?

Does this expression display true joy-happiness?

What feature in this moment rules out a joy-happiness smile?

"Mr. Alamuddin" is experiencing Emotional Dissonance here,
yet what are emotions present?

What does Clooney's hand position suggest about his facial expression?

Given the features of his forehead, his mouth and his mid-face, can we make an accurate prediction about the configuration of George's eyes?

Do we need to see George's eyes to decide whether or not this smile is sincere?

What three thought-emotions is George thinking-feeling in this moment?

Are his eyes consistent with that of a Duchenne Smile in this instant?

What is Clooney's sincerity quotient here, 1 to 10?

Is enough of George's face visible in this image to tell if his smile is sincere?











Congratulations George and Amal. Be joyful.

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2965: A Variation of a Microexpression of Contempt Commonly Confused & Disguised

Negotiation Body Language Secret No. 353: Brad Pitt's Smiling Eyes - Sincere and Insincere Smiles

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2233:  Body Language, President Obama, 20 Children  and the Tongue-in-Cheek

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2508: Anne Frank, Sincere Smiles and Emotional Comfort

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2459:  Was Eliot Spitzer Sincere?  Apology, Sincerity and Body Language

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2512:  Matthew Cordle's YouTube Confession  and the Death of Vincent Canzani  "I Killed a Man" - What His Body Language Tells Us ...  It's NOT what you think!

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2595: Barack Obama's Emotional Dissonance, Low Confidence and the "Turtle Retreat" - He Does Not Want To Be There

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Romance and Dating Secret # 202: Revealed in a Kiss - Prince Albert and Princess Charlene

Both Prince Albert of Monaco and his new Princess/Wife Charlene (formerly Charlene Wittstock) both show us (and the World) multiple emotional tells shown in this YouTube video Clip of their Civil Wedding Ceremony on Friday 1 July 2011. Prince Albert is extremely nervous as evidenced by his facial tick. At first this looks like multiple winks of his left eye, but if you watch it carefully, you'll see this is involuntary. These are coexistent with microexpressions of contempt. We don't know who(m) this contempt is directed at - but he is feeling it rather strongly. He also displays a very classic display of a microexpression of fear. His blink rate is considerably more than normal, which is yet another display of anxiety.

Interestingly, the Princess is much less nervous. But what is more demonstrable on Charlene's face is a great example of a subtle contempt display (while the display is subtle, the contempt is considerable) - immediately followed by sadness.  

In the above photo, when the couple kisses in the Public Ceremony, the Prince looks nervous once again, and while he closes his eyes before the kiss, he opens them during the kiss. This lack of eye closure during the kiss is a very reliable indicator that true affection was not the primary emotion he was feeling at that moment. If one repeatedly keeps his/her eyes open during kisses with their romantic partner, this is a signal that affection is waning, has waned or perhaps was never there to begin with.

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