Many people have had very emotional reactions to situations that have taken place at work. Some of those might be good, some bad, but no one want to have the infamous “mental breakdown” or “emotional snap” that can destroy you (if even just temporarily) as well as your professional & personal relationships. The Wall Street…
Read MoreRevisiting Genuine vs Fake Emotions
A week ago we asked readers to look at the two videos and weigh in with their thoughts as to who was telling the truth, who was lying and why. Many people shared meaningful thoughts and opinions and almost everyone agreed that the first video of a woman pleading for her daughter’s return seem to…
Read MorePentagon Research: Narratives Negate Violence?
BBC has reported on the Pentagon’s growing interest in the neurobiology of political violence, a relatively new field that combines neuroscience with more traditional social science-based approaches to understanding human behavior. One program by Darpa is working on a project, Narrative Networks, that tries to “understand how narratives influence human thoughts and behavior, then apply…
Read MoreSee What You’ve Been Missing! Q & A
There is a growing interest in the fields of nonverbal communication and emotion recognition, specifically microexpressions. People interested in the field of deception detection and facial expressions of emotion as well as nonverbal communication skills and are asking how do I apply these types of techniques in the real world? What types of professions is…
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