The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) set out to answer the question, how are emotions generated in the brain? They are using mice as a model to map the emotional circuitry within the neural network of the brain in an effort to study how activity in these areas elicit emotions. Science 2.0 reports on this interesting research project. Surprisingly, mice have a very similar brain anatomy to humans;…
Read MoreScience Interview with Humintell’s Director – Dr. Matsumoto Part 2
Below is the continuation of the interview with Dr. Matsumoto about his current research on Triumph vs. Pride by science reporter, Anna Meldolesi, for her Italian Newspaper, Il Corriere della sera: Q2: What about defeat behavior in athletes and primates? Dr. Matsumoto: Our papers show the behaviors of the defeated to include head down, arms brought to the…
Read MoreWhy We’re Happy About Being Sad: The Emotions Behind Pop Music
A recent fascinating NPR article highlighted the research of Glenn Schellenberg of the University of Toronto, where he studies the psychology of music. The idea behind Schellenberg’s initial experiment was pretty straightforward: he simply wanted to play music for people and get them to rate how happy or sad that music made them feel. Through…
Read MoreResearch, Lies and More Research: The Myth of the Dead Giveaway
By now, many of us have realized that the average person, yes that’s you and me, is not very good at detecting deception BUT very proficient at implementing it. This fact has been proven time and time again by research that purports we are only as accurate as chance (50%) when it comes to correctly catching lies. Pacific Standard Magazine has reported on the…
Read More