Children can be brutally honest, but at what age do they start to realize what they say can hurt other people’s feelings? Felix Warneken and Emily Orlins, two researchers at Harvard, recently set out to investigate that question, and they published their results in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. In their experiment they gathered…
Read MoreGenuine Sadness vs Posed Grief
Take a look at the videos below. Both show mothers making emotional pleas to bring their missing children home. Can you tell which is expressing genuine sadness and which is posing their grief? What do you see on one mother’s face that you do not see on the other? For a past blog post on…
Read MoreBody Language of Defeat
A recent article in Slate by Daniel Engber looked at the body language of college-basketball athletes, particularly in moments of victory and defeat. Engber noticed certain consistent gestures: such as arms outstretched in victory and hands on heads in defeat. But what are the reasons for these gestures and are they learned or innate? He…
Read MoreAutism Awareness Day: Past Blog
April 2, is Autism Awareness Day. Every year, autism organizations around the world celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events. Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often struggle to recognize emotions from facial expressions (facial affect), hindering their social interactions. By using Humintell’s emotion recognition training tool MiX, researchers out of Rush University Medical…
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