Body language reveals more mood than words

When you want to turn someone's mood, scientists recommend that you look at their body language.

While the face is said to be the most expressive emotion, research by Princeton University scientists (US) found that facial expressions are often confused. They think that a person's mood is much more evident through body language.

Body language shows a clearer mood than facial expressions.

In the four experiments conducted separately, the scientists asked volunteers to determine the state of defeat, the victory or pain of the people in the image through nuances of facial expression, muscle language. or both.

Photos include the head and body of tennis players like Andy Murray winning or losing points.

The results showed that volunteers who rated emotions through the face had an exact rate of 50-50, while those who evaluated mood through body language or facial expressions and body had the main ratio. much higher body.

Professor Alexander Torodov, head of the study, said: 'Guessing the mood of others through facial expressions is often easier to confuse. Meanwhile, body language reveals more mood than we think. "

Even so, 80% of respondents said they would assess the mood of others through their facial expressions and only 20% of respondents looked at both facial expressions and body language.