Brief Talks
Smiles: a window into personality
In this talk, which was presented at the Nonverbal Behavior Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention in 2022, I introduce new research demonstrating that smiles leak personality, and as a result, increase the accuracy of observers’ personality judgments.
It’s all in your head: Head position changes the perception of facial expressions of emotion
In this talk, which was presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention in 2021, I review some of my research on the action unit imposter (Witkower & Tracy, 2019; Witkower & Tracy, 2020).
Two signals of rank: distinct displays of dominance and prestige
In this talk, which was presented at the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting in 2021, I review some of my research on distinct nonverbal displays of dominance and prestige (Witkower, Tracy, Cheng, & Henrich, 2019).
Beyond Face Value: Evidence for the universality of bodily expressions of emotion
In this talk, which was presented at the Society for Affective Science (SAS) Annual Conference in 2021, I review recent evidence suggesting that bodily expressions of emotion are widely generalizable and possibly universal (Witkower, Hill, Koster, & Tracy, 2021).