Talk:Microexpression

scientific evidence needed

what are the scientific evidences proving microexpression, FACS, MFETT, SFETT, etc? needed section.--Hfnreiwjfd (talk) 05:00, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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Criticism of microexpression theory

Brazilian scientist Gabriela Bailas made a video in 2021 about microexpressions. The following references, which were cited in the video, may be used in this Wikipedia article:

• Barrett, Lisa Feldman; Adolphs, Ralph; Marsella, Stacy; Martinez, Aleix M.; Pollak, Seth D. (July 2019). "Emotional Expressions Reconsidered: Challenges to Inferring Emotion From Human Facial Movements". Psychological Science in the Public Interest. 20 (1): 1–68. doi:10.1177/1529100619832930. ISSN 1529-1006. PMC 6640856. PMID 31313636.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

• Burgoon, Judee K. (2018-09-20). "Microexpressions Are Not the Best Way to Catch a Liar". Frontiers in Psychology. 9: 1672. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01672. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 6158306. PMID 30294288.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

• Jordan, Sarah; Brimbal, Laure; Wallace, D. Brian; Kassin, Saul M.; Hartwig, Maria; Street, Chris N.H. (October 2019). "A test of the micro‐expressions training tool: Does it improve lie detection?". Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 16 (3): 222–235. doi:10.1002/jip.1532. ISSN 1544-4759.

I believe this might become a controversial topic, so I link WP:BALANCE . Mateussf (talk) 01:49, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Pseudo Science

So, where's the data? It is astounding that such nonsense is taken seriously. What are the Type I and II error rates? I have zero doubt that people have a broad range of responses to the same stimuli. The idea that one size fits all is true in this case, while it's almost never true in real life, is so exceptional it requires substantial evidence. Where's the evidence? The Controversy section starts out with an incoherent claim about its "conceptual formation". This is meaningless gobble-de-gook. Is it predictive? Saying it is or isn't requires DATA, not opinions. It's unreasonable to expect that every single human on Earth will have the same microexpressions given the "same" stimulus. (One obvious reason is that the same objective process or condition is NOT the "same stimulus" for different people with different experiences, physical states, etc.) But it *is* reasonable to quantify the ability of this hocus-pocus to predict average reaction(s) at the population level. Where is it?71.31.145.237 (talk) 18:05, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Question of Voluntary emotions

The first section seems conflicting. A microexpression is said to be the result of the coincidence of a voluntary and involuntary emotional reaction. Then in the second paragraph, emotions are stated to be unconscious biopsychosocial reactions? EthanSampford (talk) 21:57, 31 January 2026 (UTC)