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Table of contents

Few words about the author 6

Introduction 8

Why this publication? 11

 

UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS 14

Emotions – what are they? 15

Brain structures responsible for emotions 23

The role of the limbic system in recognizing facial expressions 24

What are emotional expressions and facial expressions 26

Superior temporal sulcus – the area of the brain responsible for facial expression recognition 28

Basic facial expressions 30

Which facial expressions indicate whether a relationship will stand the test of time? 47

Complex facial expressions 49

 

WRINKLE FORMATION 53

Genetics vs environment 54

Inherited facial expression 56

What influences facial appearance 59

Types of wrinkles 61

Causes of facial wrinkle formation 63

 

SLEEPY LINES 67

 

THE MEANING OF FOREHEAD WRINKLES 70

Horizontal forehead creases 72

Emotional and physical pain – a wavy forehead 74

Questions to ask yourself 77

A stressed forehead – horizontal wrinkles 78

Questions to ask yourself 83

 

THE MEANING OF THE WRINKLES BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS 84

Vertical lines between the eyebrows 86

Horizontal lines between the eyebrows (at the base of the nose) 88

Questions to ask yourself 89

 

THE MEANING OF THE WRINKLES AROUND THE EYES 90

Crow’s feet 92

Lines running down from the eyes to the cheeks 93

Questions to ask yourself 95

 

THE MEANING OF NOSE WRINKLES 96

Bunny lines (lines on the bridge of the nose) 98

Questions to ask yourself 101

 

THE MEANING OF THE WRINKLES AROUND THE MOUTH 102

 An asymmetrical line on one side of the mouth 103

Marionette lines (lines running downward from the outer corners of the mouth) 104

Vertical lines around the mouth 106

Questions worth asking yourself 109

 

FACIAL AND EMOTIONAL ASYMMETRY 110

PRACTICAL TIPS 118

Bibliography 123