A short instructional YouTube clip by Vanessa Van Edwards on spotting contempt when people wear masks. She explains that contempt can still be detected via asymmetrical cues—one side of the mask rides up from a cheek bump, one eye may be more closed, or the mask itself shifts—and gives an example illustrating these signals.
It's probably contempt if they're wearing a mask. And so I'm always hyper aware of it. Masked. And contempt is the hardest one to spot. With a mask, it is so hard to see that contempt. However, it is possible, specifically, you will notice that one side of the mask raises. So when someone shows contempt, typically their cheek goes up and you'll notice this little bump on one side, or the mask actually shifts to one side. So here's an example of that. You can see that even in her eye, one of her eyes is a little bit more closed than the other, and that side of the mask is a little bit higher. And that was how we caught the contempt.
