Chapter 51
Momentary Frowning
People Affected: everyone
Type of Emotion: muscular involuntary expression
Trigger Emotions: survival punishments - bitter, sour, disgust, pain
Facial Expression: corners of mouth are pulled down
Key Features: can be triggered at birth
Type of Emotion: muscular involuntary expression
Trigger Emotions: survival punishments - bitter, sour, disgust, pain
Facial Expression: corners of mouth are pulled down
Key Features: can be triggered at birth
Purpose
Momentary frowning helps kin avoid toxins and trauma. If kin see you frown while eating or touching something, they will avoid doing the same.
Momentary frowning also helps groups. If your co-workers or friends see you frown, your frowning helps non-kin avoid toxins or trauma.
Facial Expression
Momentary frowning helps kin avoid toxins and trauma. If kin see you frown while eating or touching something, they will avoid doing the same.
Momentary frowning also helps groups. If your co-workers or friends see you frown, your frowning helps non-kin avoid toxins or trauma.
Facial Expression
Frowning is pulling the corners of the mouth down.
Frowning triggers a sensory punishment in others. You feel a slight negative effect, like disgust, when you look at the diagram above.
Voluntary Frowning
Most frowning is voluntary. We voluntarily frown because it is quicker than saying “my reaction is negative”.
Infants often combine voluntary frowning and wailing. Newborns learn that mothers pay attention when they involuntarily frown, so they voluntarily frown to obtain more attention. They also learn that mothers pay more attention when they add the voluntary vocal expression of wailing to their frowning.
Other Species
Only humans frown. Only humans have chins, which prevent frowning muscles from sliding sideways when we frown.
Other terrestrial species stick out their tongues when they detect toxins or trauma, which is more visible than frowning. We would swallow water if we did the same during our aquatic detour.
Frowning triggers a sensory punishment in others. You feel a slight negative effect, like disgust, when you look at the diagram above.
Voluntary Frowning
Most frowning is voluntary. We voluntarily frown because it is quicker than saying “my reaction is negative”.
Infants often combine voluntary frowning and wailing. Newborns learn that mothers pay attention when they involuntarily frown, so they voluntarily frown to obtain more attention. They also learn that mothers pay more attention when they add the voluntary vocal expression of wailing to their frowning.
Other Species
Only humans frown. Only humans have chins, which prevent frowning muscles from sliding sideways when we frown.
Other terrestrial species stick out their tongues when they detect toxins or trauma, which is more visible than frowning. We would swallow water if we did the same during our aquatic detour.
Happiness Dissected is a more practical version of The Origin of Emotions.
