The new body is the 'window of the soul'

According to a new study, the eyes may not be the windows of the soul because we can detect strong emotions in others through consideration of body language, not including their faces.

Contrary to popular belief, just watching someone's face is not enough to tell us whether he / she is screaming with joy or screaming in anger, the researchers stated.

Although many people believe they are capable of reading expressions on other people's faces, new body language is a real clue that the subject's strong emotions are positive or negative.

In a study published in Science magazine, volunteer groups were shown a series of images of strong facial expressions, such as shots of tennis athletes right after winning or losing 1 point.

In some cases, volunteers can observe the entire athlete's body, but in the remaining cases, they can only watch or the face or body of the subject being photographed.

According to researchers, the new body language is a clue
truly reveal whether the strong feelings of the subject.

Experimental results show that volunteers can clearly distinguish athletes who win or lose when viewing photos that show only the body of the object, but their speculation is a misfortune when pointing Contemplated object face.

According to the Telegraph, researchers came from 3 New York University and Princeton University (USA), the Jewish University of Jerusalem (Israel), conducted a second study in which volunteers were show a series of faces with wider expressions, from joy, satisfaction, victory to pain, suffering and failure.

Thanks to photo editing software, the team attached faces with body parts to show opposite emotional nuances and asked volunteers to re-express the emotion they saw in the photo. As a result, the volunteers re-simulated the body's expression in photographs, not facial expressions. This implies, people interpret strong emotions through body clues and not on their faces, the team concluded.

Dr. Hillel Aviezer, the head of the study, stated: 'These results show that when emotions become extremely strong, the difference between positive and negative nuances manifests on the face is blurred. go.

Our findings can help researchers understand how the interaction of body language / face is in emotional situations. For example, people with autism may not recognize facial expressions, but may be trained to recognize important body signs, which significantly improve their communication. '