Insects might have feelings according to an article in Wired Science. Honeybees especially are now being looked as pessimists. The ability to display and recognize emotions is a cognitive trait that has been limited, until now, to higher animals such as dogs, horses and humans. Newcastle researchers, Melissa Bateson and Jeri Wright wrote in…
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New research, conducted by Human Communication Research , suggests that sender demeanor may be the most influential source of variation in deception detection judgments. Sender Demeanor is the difference in the believability of a message sent by a “sender”, which is independent of the actual honesty of the message. In this study, published in Human…
Read MoreSleepless Syndrome
Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Of course we all have had at least a few sleepless nights, whether it is due to back pain or other ailments, or perhaps a new baby. Whatever the reason, Web MD has reported that new research suggests that sleep deprived people have trouble recognizing facial expressions of…
Read MoreNew Emotion Detection Tool?
Genevalunch.com just announced this new technology brought to us by nViso . According to their website, this Lausanna based start-up has made a technical breakthrough. One of 28 companies, nViso , an advanced facial imaging company, received finding form the Swiss National Science Foundation in 2009 to encourage innovation in the wake of the global…
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