Body Language Guy says Romney Registered Mostly Negative Emotions
<Romney, the widely acknowledged winner of the first debate, mostly registered negative emotions, Kowal said. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
"What Romney was able to do was really show anger, contempt, scorn and pride. Those are the emotions that his voters in his base feel," said Kowal, an assistant professor at Purdue University who has studied both Obama's and Romney's facial expressions since 2007.
Although the emotions Obama expressed were "positive" on the whole, he spent most of the debate displaying very little emotion at all, Kowal said.
"Overall it was a very neutral valence, which is a little concerning because the candidates need to make an emotional connection and I think Obama did not," Kowal said. "He was not expressive enough to really connect."
Republicans claim in a new ad that Obama sported a "smirk" at times during the debate, which they suggest is a sign that he was "uncomfortable" and struggling with his answers. Kowal, however, said that in that moment Obama's face registered more frustration than uncertainty, according to his software. >
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