The Arafat-Rabin Handshake
The photograph below shows the late Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Chairman Yassar Arafat shaking hands at the White House in 1993 and it reveals several interesting attitudes. President Clinton is, in fact, the key figure in the shot because of his unobstructed centre position, extra height and Arms-Spread-Open-Palms gesture, reminiscent of a god presiding over his people. Clinton's HalfMoon, Lips-Sucking smile shows the emotional restraint he either felt or faked.
Yitzhak Rabin (left) holds his ground using a Stiff-Arm Thrust to resist being pulled forward as Yassar Arafat attempts a Bent-Arm-Pull-In
In this famous shot, both men keep their feet firmly planted on the ground and attempt to force the other out of his territoryYitzhak Rabin assumed the power position on the left side of the picture and used a Stiff-Arm Thrust and leaned forward to keep Arafat out of his personal space while Yassar Arafat stood absolutely erect and attempted to counter with a BentArm-Pull-in.
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Which smile is fake? False smiles pull back only the mouth, real smiles pull back both the mouth and eyes
Scientists can distinguish between genuine and fake smiles by using a coding system called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which was devised by Professor Paul Ekman of the University of California and Dr Wallace V Friesen of the University of Kentucky. Genuine smiles are generated by the unconscious brain, which means they are automatic. When you feel pleasure, signals pass through the part of your brain that processes emotion, making your mouth muscles move, your cheeks raise, your eyes crease up and your eyebrows dip slightly.
Photographers ask you to say 'Cheese' because this word putts back the zygomatic major muscles. But the result is a false smile and an insincere looking photograph.
Lines around the eyes can also appear in intense fake smiles and the cheeks may bunch up, making it look as if the eyes are contracting and that the smile is genuine. But there are signs
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that distinguish these smiles from genuine ones. When a smile is genuine, the fleshy part of the eye between the eyebrow and the eyelid - the eye cover fold - moves downwards and the end of the eyebrows dip slightly.
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