Micro expression are on all of the faces around the world. Charles Darwin came up the idea that different cultures have different expressions. In an experiment it was discovered that all expressions are the same.
In one test, I told them a story and showed them three photographs of human faces, then asked them to pick the one with the facial expression that best suited the story. The stories were simple: friends had come, or they were about to fight. With each story I gave them a different set of three pictures to choose from. The pictures always included the expression that western participants would choose, and two others. So, for example, for the story in which someone was about to fight, they had to decide between an "angry face", a "disgusted face" and a "sad face".(Ekman)
When using micro expressions in a police force or security it would be important to know that all people show the same expressions and they all mean the same thing. Paul Ekman discovered that no matter what age or ethnic group from a round the world we all show the same expressions. Except when an authority figure comes into the room. Ekman did an experiment and made a group of people some American and some Japanise, they all watched a movie and showed the same expressions. Half way through, a man came in and watched with them. The American didn’t change anything about their expressions but the Japanese tried to hide them. This could be because of the way their country is.
Ekman, Paul. "Happy, sad, angry, discusted.." 3 Apr 2009
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