Facial expressions give it away

How to recognize whether your gift will be well received

This is what true joy looks like.(Bild: Monika Fellner)

Top or flop: our facial expressions reveal whether a gift will be well received. And an expert explains what you need to look out for.

Words can lie, but facial expressions cannot. "People have seven basic emotions, such as anger, disgust, fear, surprise, contempt, joy and sadness," explains profiler and body language expert Patricia Staniek, who discussed how to unmask feigned joy during a workshop at the TK Maxx department store (6th, Mariahilfer Straße 77).