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Hotspot and Facial Expression Resources

Here are a couple of resources to help with recognizing hotspots and facial expressions of emotion.

Humintell has compiled a list of videos with examples of microexpressions, hotspots, gestures, and emotions.
Here at Social Exploits we’ve been slowly building a library of “interesting faces”. The collection includes various facial expressions of emotion from a variety of cultures. 1

If you have anything you’d like to see added to this list, let us know.

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Notes:

Many of the images also make good material for practicing FACS coding. ↩

Further reading:

The Facial Action Coding System Explained
What Are Facial Expressions?


Jaymie Adams

Jaymie Adams, from Blanchard, Oklahoma was missing since December 10, 2011 when her body was recently found in a wooded area.

According to her husband Justin Adams, the pregnant mother of three was last seen after she went to go meet a friend at a local Mc Donalds and never made it home. He then later recanted his story and said his wife was soliciting ads on Craigslist and was going to meet a client.

After her initial disappearance, Justin made an emotional plea, seen below. Do you see anything suspicious?

Click here to view the embedded video.

Facial Expressions: The Emotional, Fascinating World of Sports

Something to bring a smile to your face in 2012

Photos By Zack Pumerantz Courtesy of Bleacherreport.com

(Click here to link to a slide show)

*Note from Dr. Matsumoto: It’s important to realize that while the picture above may bring a smile to your face, it is most likely not a genuine picture of emotion. Expressive behaviors such as the one above are likely recruited to facilitate goal-directed behaviors that require exertion, and thus are not necessarily emotional reactions. They could be emotion-like or close to it, but they’re probably not emotions per se.