The Look Of Loneliness
A bit from a talk in the Embodiment preconference at the big social science conference, SPSP (Society for Personality and Social Psychology).
Loneliness correlated w/impaired spontaneous smile mimicry. One not smiling back might just be lonely. -Andy J. Arnold #SPSP2017 #Embodiment
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) January 19, 2017
To explain this in slightly greater detail -- say there's that one guy in a group of people who doesn't smile back at you or others: Maybe he's rude or doesn't like you -- or maybe he's just lonely.
--UCSD doctoral student, Andy J. Arnold (via research with his advisor, Piotr Winkielman).
Or maybe he's got Bell's palsy.
http://www.webmd.com/brain/tc/bells-palsy-topic-overview#1
I R A Darth Aggie at January 19, 2017 2:25 PM
Or he works in IT.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at January 19, 2017 3:52 PM
OMG. I think I have Impaired Spontaneous Smile Mimicry. (For the dyslexic the acronym is MISS, as in I MISS you. I'm lonely)
All these years I was beginning to believe a lie told to me over and over - that I'm an asshole. Nope. I just have impaired spontaneous smile mimicry. What a relief!
Canvasback at January 19, 2017 4:52 PM
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