It's possible that she's had Bell's Palsy, too. A friend of mine has a 'lopsided' smile when she purposefully smiles due to Bell's Palsy.
Paul C Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA pcbernhardt[at]frostburg[d0t]edu On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > Okay, so I decided to watch the wedding between Will and Kate this > morning. I noticed that though Kate did a good job smiling when she > stopped smiling, her face was asymmetric with the right side of her mouth > slightly open. It looks a little like she's talking out of the side of her > mouth, > 1930's movie gangster style. This was particularly clear when Kate and > Will were sitting in the horse drawn carriage (this was on the live video > feed on CNN). Here's a video clip from the CNN website that shows > a bit of what I'm referring to -- look at Kate circa 1 minute 16 seconds > into the video: > http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/29/vo.royal.couple.depart.itn?hpt=C2 > > It looks a little like a smirk but it could just be that the lower part of her > face is asymmetrical. Look at photo #5 which has a full face shot. You > can save the image and then open it up in an image viewer program to > make her face larger. Zooming in shows the asymmetry; see: > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/photos-of-the-newly-married-royal-couple/article2002025/ > > Photo #6 also shows a bit of the asymmetry but because it is a 3/4 facial > shot it is weaker evidence of the asymmetry. > > Is anyone familiar with Paul Ekman facial expression categorization system? > What muscles is Kate using in Photo #5? > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=10294 > or send a blank email to > leave-10294-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10298 or send a blank email to leave-10298-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
