A fascinating cultural article that isn’t just about Japanese culture. They’re just an extreme case.
Micro Expressions
Tiny involuntary facial tics that can give away a person’s true emotions
Read the Air
Pick up on unspoken rules governing social life
Involuntary Emotional Leakage
Tiny involuntary facial tics that betrays a person’s true emotions
High and Low Context Cultures
Cultures where context matters a lot or a little relative to what is said and/or done (Japan is high context)
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