Do Blind People Understand Body Language, Eye Contact, & Facial Expressions?

Tommy talks about what he knows about body language, eye contact, and facial expressions.

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“Mechanical Birds” by Unwritten Stories
“Cold Night” by Unwritten Stories
“Cloud of Silk” by Great Scott
“I’m Alright” by Unwritten Stories

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[ratlover]

I gotta say, I think one of the most appealing things about you, Tommy, is that all your facial expressions are so natural. Because your attempts at imitating emotions aren't all that great, but when you really are feeling a certain way it really does show on your face.

[SneakyG]

I absolutely love that his "suprised face" was one of joy. Because he relates to being suprised in only a positive manner in his life.

[SelphieFairy]

Tommy trying to do facial expressions was hilarious.

[microplastique]

Haha the end was funny ! They all looked the same, I think that's because you didn't use your eyebrows a lot, and that contributes a lot to facial expressions

[peterborzillo]

you should do a hearing test so we can see how well your hearing is. Like the ones with pitch

[raatomieli]

It's funny how much open eyes means to facial expressions. In most cases you can see the whole emotion from just the eyes. Missing that in your expressions made it very clear.

[zomgseriosuly]

so profound and strange in an interesting way, I never even considered the fact that blind people might not make gestures with their hands while speaking because that action mainly comes from visualising the image...which blind people generally can't do. can't believe there are so many things we just never think about

[TJStellmach]

Tommy: one very common thing when people "talk with their hands" is just little choppy motions or hand swings that tend to go in time with the most-stressed words. So it's often not nearly as gestural as you might think.

[FishPit]

My daily dose of positivity. Thanks Tommy, and Ben! You looked happy when you were asked to do the surprised look, you must really like surprises. :)

[CounterNerd]

It was really interesting to see you try out expressions :D

[YangSing]

Tommy what do you know about colour blindness?

[coreyballenger]

Hey Tommy! I've got an interesting question. How do you imagine/perceive transparent, translucent, and reflective things? How about objects that might be all three?

[netty]

I love how fascinated Tom is with the seeing world. Makes me realize how much I take my senses for granted.

[marek]

Man, it's amazing how much information you can read from people's eyes. I couldn't read most of your facial expressions with your eyes closed. 'Sad' was the most distinguishable.

[toasttoast]

It would be interesting if you did a small jigsaw puzzle, like 9 pieces or so!

[lasipurkki]

Do you understand mirrored images or shadows?

[Dramon]

Now I wonder if blind Italians use their hands when they talk...

[crazycorbin]

The Tommy Edison Experience is in my top three favourite YouTubers

[terrancechancy]

As someone with a twin sister we have a massive understanding of each other to the point we have entire conversations without words and my friends don't understand it

[BedardJ]

I love how he laughs after every facial expression!!!! That was adorable!