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The GreenDot Project aims to track speaker's gesture and body language, looking for patterns and new understandings in non-verbal communication.

Hillary CLinton's change in body language has played an important role in her turnaround. That's something that women notice more than men. But, as research shows, men as well as women make split-second, and often long-lasting, judgments about others based on how they carry themselves -- before even hearing them speak.

can't access full article, but this describes how they set up research experiments to answer their questions about the relationship between speech and gesture

"www.emory.edu/LIVING.../Pollick%20de%20Waal%202007.pdf"

I couldn't get the link to work, but maybe this will: http://j.mp/9e2qBm

Free BBC documentary

Very cool results. At first, I wasn't sure if there was actually a way to gather this data, but it appears that with lots of training, it can be quiet easy to find things out!

If you're interested in learning more about it, consult Paul Eckman's research into microexpressions and the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). The animation industry depends on FACS, in fact!

Take a look at Dr. Paul Eckman's research on Facial Action Coding System, also bookmarked here (FACS)

"You had seen a lot of chatty talk between the Clintons and the Obamas, the Carters. But when Donald Trump sat down, the greeting that he was given by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama was about as cool as it could have been." Trump's encounter with living members of the 'Presidents Club' serves as a fascinating study for those in the media and academia. From a social psychology standpoint, the cold and ignorant reactions from the former presidents and first ladies towards the current president specifically acknowledged an 'uninvited' member was intruding upon the ingroup.

Body language can say a lot about people by what their words don't cover. The reason why people can detect these signs is because body language was primary way of communication before verbal language was adapted. Like most mammals, humans are extremely sensitive to picking it up.

I wonder what the effects of possessing the skill to read others' facial expressions would produce. Would it strengthen our relationships with people or weaken them?

When the article said that misreading emotions is worst than not knowing of the emotion at all is worst, I question whether reading emotions is even worth it. Also, compared to a century ago, the divorce rate has skyrocketed. Could the lack of reading emotions be the cause of this increase? Emotions are innate and humans have always read or not read emotions. What's the difference between now and then? Freedom? So what if you can read someone's emotions? If you can't assist the person in his/her tragedy or emotional stress being able to read emotions is worthless. In addition Paul Ekman said that the percent rate after his lessons on DVD rose to 80-85%, but that still leaves 15%-20% of mistake. As i previously said, the article says that misreading emotions is worst than not knowing of the emotions at all. There's still of chance of being worst. Are we really accomplishing whatever we are trying to do by learning how to read emotions?

This is a very cool article, as it has caused me to become more aware of other people's reactions - sometimes I know that someone is holding an emotion in, but hopefully, through observing their facial gestures, perhaps I can find out how they feel.