I remember in one of my psych classes we talked about how different cultures read body language differently: Americans look at a person’s mouth for social cues and Japanese people look at a person’s eyes for social cues.
This is why Americans use emoticons that look like this :-) and Japanese people use emoticons that look like this ^_^
edit 2: obligatory 'wow, thanks, first gold' comment. I just hope it wasn't for spreading misinformation. I've had a few people tell me this is bs/outdated/pseudoscience but nobody's provided any source to back that up. So if somebody more qualified than this former C student psych major can speak to this then please do. Regardless, I'm glad I was able to brighten a lot of peoples' days. keep on keeping on y'all
Musclemagic on March 17th, 2020 at 10:19 UTC »
When a smile reaches the eyes, only then is it a true smile
Lucicerious on March 17th, 2020 at 10:59 UTC »
Then you find out she has a ten inch smile going literally from cheek to cheek, under that mask.
FreeVineyards on March 17th, 2020 at 11:55 UTC »
I remember in one of my psych classes we talked about how different cultures read body language differently: Americans look at a person’s mouth for social cues and Japanese people look at a person’s eyes for social cues.
This is why Americans use emoticons that look like this :-) and Japanese people use emoticons that look like this ^_^
Edit: here’s an article
edit 2: obligatory 'wow, thanks, first gold' comment. I just hope it wasn't for spreading misinformation. I've had a few people tell me this is bs/outdated/pseudoscience but nobody's provided any source to back that up. So if somebody more qualified than this former C student psych major can speak to this then please do. Regardless, I'm glad I was able to brighten a lot of peoples' days. keep on keeping on y'all