Ever Make the "Not Face"?
Did you know there's a face everyone of every nationality recognizes? It's the furrowed brow, pressed lips and raised chin, and because we make it when we convey negative sentiments, such as “I do not agree,” researchers are calling it the “not face.” Or call it the frown, though it's not completely that scowling look. It's more a pout, like when your kid says, "You're not the boss of me." You've seen it. The look proved identical for native speakers of English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and American Sign Language (ASL). It's a universal facial expression that is interpreted across many cultures as the embodiment of negative emotion. Researchers found that we all instinctively make the “not face” as if it were part of our spoken or signed language, according to newswise.com. What’s more, the researchers discovered that ASL speakers sometimes make the “not face” instead of signing the word “not”—a use of facial expression in ASL tha...