Humintell’s director Dr. David Matsumoto not only did the original research (along with other researchers including Dr. Ekman) for microexpression recognition training tools, but he continues his research into emotions and culture today. Below is an interview with Dr. Matsumoto about his current research on Triumph vs. Pride by science reporter Anna Meldolesi for her…
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YouTube just launched a new feature that allows its viewers to discover and watch videos based on how they make them feel. YouTube’s new categorizing technique Coined “MoodWall” has about 40,000 videos which have been put into 20 emotion categories. CnnTech commented on the project that was initially undertaken to address the problem of search content being too…
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Marco Gillies of GoldSmith college was spurred into launching a new computer gaming project that works with actors because he thinks that “games shouldn’t be designed by programming experts, but by experts in movement.” Programming companies have already successfully aimed at creating gaming characters with realistic-looking movements. However, Gillies and his colleagues are developing characters that can…
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Do your emotions get the best of you? Having strong emotions is natural and being emotional is what makes us human. But when our emotions, particularly negative ones, become hard for us to control that is when problems tend to arise. PsychCentral has reported on the important information that emotions, including negative emotions, give us.…
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