Steven Pinker
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But he actually used it to analyze the musculature in facial expressions, including studies where they got a person in an asylum and they shocked the different muscles to see what they did to a facial expression.
That was a bit of a digression.
Going back to the question, though, of do— Asylums, all they ever use is electricity on you.
That's what it seems like.
I guess that's right.
But he asked the question, do dark-skinned people blush?
And is it detectable?
At least the answer from him and the answer that I got from Nina Jablonski, who's an expert on skin color, is yes.
It may not be bright red.
But I even cite a Ghanaian physician.
Ghanaian?
Very dark-skinned.
He said, well, my mother can tell when I'm blushing.
It's a change in color.
Anyway, the point is that it's a common knowledge generator in that you know that you're experiencing it.
You know that other people can see you experiencing it.