Comments on: A Slow Smile Attracts http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/slow-smile-attracts.php Understand your mind with the science of psychology - Mon, 04 May 2009 10:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: August Ciero http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/slow-smile-attracts.php/comment-page-1#comment-23844 August Ciero Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:46:37 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/05/a-slow-smile-attracts.php#comment-23844 Eye orientation refers to the displacement of the eyes to make eye contact. This assumes that you are not facing directly towards the target. For example, if your eyes are shifted to the left while making eye contact, then your head should tilt left also. The more important factor is that your head moves towards the recipient. This motion forces your eyes to move towards their upper hemishpere as well. This gives the perception that you are submissive, looking up to the recipient. The opposite is also true. A head tilt in the wrong direction usually portray condescention because your eyes move to their lower hemisphere giving the perception that you are looking down upon someone. These findings have been replicated in countless studies and are generally widely accepted. This concept is the basis for many broader, more complex theories on human behavior. Eye orientation refers to the displacement of the eyes to make eye contact. This assumes that you are not facing directly towards the target. For example, if your eyes are shifted to the left while making eye contact, then your head should tilt left also. The more important factor is that your head moves towards the recipient. This motion forces your eyes to move towards their upper hemishpere as well. This gives the perception that you are submissive, looking up to the recipient. The opposite is also true. A head tilt in the wrong direction usually portray condescention because your eyes move to their lower hemisphere giving the perception that you are looking down upon someone.

These findings have been replicated in countless studies and are generally widely accepted. This concept is the basis for many broader, more complex theories on human behavior.

]]> By: Random Destiny http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/slow-smile-attracts.php/comment-page-1#comment-21936 Random Destiny Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:34:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/05/a-slow-smile-attracts.php#comment-21936 Not sure I understand the head tilting part. "In this case, the right direction was the same way as eye orientation or towards a partner." So if the person is in front of you, the smiler should tilt forward towards the viewer? How do you tilt the same way as "eye orientation"? I don't get what that means. Not sure I understand the head tilting part. "In this case, the right direction was the same way as eye orientation or towards a partner." So if the person is in front of you, the smiler should tilt forward towards the viewer? How do you tilt the same way as "eye orientation"? I don't get what that means.

]]> By: Izkata http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/slow-smile-attracts.php/comment-page-1#comment-21640 Izkata Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:46:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/05/a-slow-smile-attracts.php#comment-21640 If it has a biological basis, try going even farther back - smiling often reveals the teeth, and that is interpreted as a warning among animals when males do it. If it has a biological basis, try going even farther back - smiling often reveals the teeth, and that is interpreted as a warning among animals when males do it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/slow-smile-attracts.php/comment-page-1#comment-20521 Anonymous Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:59:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/05/a-slow-smile-attracts.php#comment-20521 Smiling in women associated with attractiveness versus smiling in men associated with dominance. "probably related to gender stereotyping." Hmmm. Maybe. Also perhaps related to biological functions of smiling by males versus females. A dominant male is happier than a non-dominant male, in that males are faiarly driven to master tasks in order to pelase and adequately care for females.<br /><br />Sharon Smiling in women associated with attractiveness versus smiling in men associated with dominance. "probably related to gender stereotyping." Hmmm. Maybe. Also perhaps related to biological functions of smiling by males versus females. A dominant male is happier than a non-dominant male, in that males are faiarly driven to master tasks in order to pelase and adequately care for females.

Sharon

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/slow-smile-attracts.php/comment-page-1#comment-20520 Anonymous Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:56:00 +0000 http://spring.org.uk/2007/05/a-slow-smile-attracts.php#comment-20520 Thank-you for wading through the literature on emotion with such fascination and clarity!!<br /><br />Sharon Thank-you for wading through the literature on emotion with such fascination and clarity!!

Sharon

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