Editing Microexpression (section)

== Emotional intelligence ==
Involuntary facial expressions can be hard to pick up and understand explicitly, and it is more of an implicit competence of the [[Limbic system|unconscious mind]]. [[Daniel Goleman]] created a conclusion on the capacity of an individual to recognize their own, as well as others' emotions, and to discriminate emotions based on introspection of  those feelings. This is part of Goleman's emotional intelligence. In [[Emotional intelligence|E.I]], attunement is an unconscious synchrony that guides empathy. Attunement relies heavily on nonverbal communication.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Emotional intelligence|last=Goleman|first=Daniel|publisher=Bantam Books|year=1995|location=New York}}</ref> Looping is where facial expressions can elicit involuntary behavior. In the research [[motor mimicry]] there shows neurons that pick up on facial expressions and communicate with motor neurons responsible for muscles in the face to display the same facial expression. Thus displaying a smile may elicit a micro expression of a smile on someone who is trying to remain neutral in their expression.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Social intelligence: the new science of human relationships|last=Goleman|first=Daniel|publisher=Bantam Books|year=2006|location=New York}}</ref>

[[File:Amygdala.jpg|thumb|The [[amygdala]] is the emotion center of the brain.]]
Through fMRI we can see the area where these [[Mirror neuron]]s are located lights up when you show the subject an image of a face expressing an emotion using a mirror. In the relationship of the prefrontal cortex also known as the (executive mind) which is where cognitive thinking experience and the amygdala being part of the limbic system is responsible for involuntary functions, habits, and emotions. The amygdala can hijack the pre-frontal cortex in a sympathetic response. In his book ''[[Emotional Intelligence]]'' Goleman uses the case of Jason Haffizulla (who assaulted his high school physics teacher because of a grade he received on a test) as an example of an emotional hijacking in which rationality and better judgement can be impaired.<ref name=":0" /> This is one example of how the bottom brain can interpret sensory memory and execute involuntary behavior. This is the purpose of microexpressions in attunement and how you can interpret the emotion that is shown in a fraction of a second. The microexpression of a concealed emotion that's displayed to an individual will elicit the same emotion in them to a degree, this process is referred to as an [[emotional contagion]].<ref name=":1" />