Like i feel like languages diverge but like I feel like the worried/angry/happy facial expressions are universal. Are they? Am I right? why?
Like i feel like languages diverge but like I feel like the worried/angry/happy facial expressions are universal. Are they? Am I right? why?
I know some gestures definitely aren’t. Nodding “yes” and shaking your head for “no” are not universal, nor is the “come here” motion or motions for eating or drinking.
One thing that IS universal is throwing your hands up in celebration of a victory. The thing boxers do at the end of a match. Even blind people who have never seen that gesture do it instinctively.
Isn’t laughing and smiling universal too?
Somewhat. In different cultures they can still mean different things but smiling and laughing from happiness and humour are universal afaik.
do you know why? that’s crazy
No, I am not an expert. I just read that fact in a news article years ago and it stuck with me.