Why is physical beauty so important in today’s society, especially in consumer marketing? Psychology Today reports on the unethical aspects of beauty as it is represented in main stream media. They report that facial symmetry has been shown to be the key determinant in our estimating of what is seen as beautiful and what’s not.…
Read MoreExpression of the Month Winner
Thank you to all our great Expression of the Month photo submissions. We have chosen our Grand Prize Winner!! Ellen Wright’s photo has been selected. She will receive a signed copy of Dr. Matsumoto’s newest book, Nonverbal Communication: Science and Applications. – See more at: https://www.humintell.com/?p=28421&preview=true#sthash.k19iykeI.dpuf Thank you to all our great Expression…
Read MoreAnger & The Internet
A new study has found that anger is the most influential emotion in online interactions. These findings are from research by Beihang University and acquired by looking at “Weibo” a Chinese social network similar to Twitter but with twice as many users. Researchers looked at over 70 million “tweets” if you will over a six…
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Ignorance
What does real scientific work look like? Neuroscientist Stuart Firestein, professor at Columbia University, implies that Ignorance is far more important to discovery than knowledge. Firestein gets to the heart of science as it’s really practiced and suggests that we should value what we don’t know — or “high-quality ignorance” — just as much as…
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