Your favorite store could soon be keeping track of your purchases and your feelings. TIME fills us in on how Ulybka Radugi, (a top Russian cosmetics chain) will soon be using emotion recognition software to customize ads and offers for its customers. Pairing with Synqera, a marketing tech firm, Ulybka Radugi plans to place a Synqera…
Read MoreDeception Interviews and Interrogations: Fact & Fiction
What are the facts and fictions of lie detection to be aware of when one is interviewing a potential client, employee, suspect, etc? The video below was created by Stan Walters who is an interrogator and interviewer expert. He has worked for the Public Agency Training Council, the largest law enforcement training association in the U.S.,…
Read MorePast Blog: Determining Mental State from Tone of Voice Part 2
In our previous blog post, we discussed the possibility of determining someone’s mental state by just hearing 30 seconds of audio. While ideally, it would be great to see their body language, gestures and other nonverbal behavior, this is not always possible. Its important to understand that in order to completely understand someone’s mental state,…
Read MorePast Blog: Determining Mental State from Tone of Voice: Part 1
In a recent study done by the University of Arizona, researchers discovered that just 30 seconds of speaking with a complete stranger could reveal how well they were coping with their emotions. The study entitled “Thin-Slicing Divorce: Thirty Seconds of Information Predict Changes in Psychological Adjustment Over 90 Days” was recently published in The Journal…
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