Kamala Harris appeared for an interview on the CNN this week first time since she was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic party. While Republicans trashed her taped interview calling it boring and lackluster, microexpressions expert Annie Särnblad told The Daily Beast that Kamala Harris has started to look more presidential. Though she’s panned for doing her first interview with her running mate Tim Walz, Särnblad said it was actually a good decision because she got the opportunity to show how supportive and affectionate she is towards Walz.
“She lifts her chin in pride when she is looking at him several times, and she raises her infraorbital triangles in happiness,” the expert decoded.Infraorbital triangles are the balls of the cheeks.
When Harris was talking about fracking, Särnblad said, she made an expression of contempt. “Contempt with a one-sided smile that is tucked in her cheek, and a deepening of the nasolabial furrow,” she said.
Body language experts differ
Särnblad’s interpretation is however is not accepted by many body language experts. For example, body language expert Susan Constantine told Fox News that Kamala Harris lacked confidence in her appearance. She will have to do some tweaks into her body language. Susan also noted that Kamala Harris looked down a lot during the interview. “When she struggles, you start to see a lot of the head bobbling. You know, the head bobbling is ‘what part of the file in my subconscious am I going to pull out? Which ones are my answers?’” Constantine said about Harris. “She couldn’t come up with a crystal clear answer, and that’s why she tends to bobble.”
Greg Hartley, a former interrogator in the U.S. Army, said when she skirted the Trump question, she broke eye contact which hinted that she wanted to say something but held back as she was prepped to avoid responding to Trump. Harris is predictable when she’s uncomfortable and then she smiles, laughs, nods and dishes out her word salad, Hartley said.
“She lifts her chin in pride when she is looking at him several times, and she raises her infraorbital triangles in happiness,” the expert decoded.Infraorbital triangles are the balls of the cheeks.
When Harris was talking about fracking, Särnblad said, she made an expression of contempt. “Contempt with a one-sided smile that is tucked in her cheek, and a deepening of the nasolabial furrow,” she said.
Body language experts differ
Särnblad’s interpretation is however is not accepted by many body language experts. For example, body language expert Susan Constantine told Fox News that Kamala Harris lacked confidence in her appearance. She will have to do some tweaks into her body language. Susan also noted that Kamala Harris looked down a lot during the interview. “When she struggles, you start to see a lot of the head bobbling. You know, the head bobbling is ‘what part of the file in my subconscious am I going to pull out? Which ones are my answers?’” Constantine said about Harris. “She couldn’t come up with a crystal clear answer, and that’s why she tends to bobble.”
Greg Hartley, a former interrogator in the U.S. Army, said when she skirted the Trump question, she broke eye contact which hinted that she wanted to say something but held back as she was prepped to avoid responding to Trump. Harris is predictable when she’s uncomfortable and then she smiles, laughs, nods and dishes out her word salad, Hartley said.
Source : Times of India
