New 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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Science of Sex Appeal: Is Your Face Attractive?

The Discovery Channel has suggested that most of us are drawn to the opposite sex who got a strong dose of sex hormones during puberty. Why is this?  A very masculine face in a man suggests high levels of testosterone and a woman’s face that is feminine suggests that she has high levels of estrogen…

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Lies, Lies Sweet Little Lies!

Pamela Meyer’s article, Seven Big Lies About Lying,  featured in HuffPost Politics underlines the idea that we live in an “age of deception”.  Here is a sneak peek of the seven lies she delineates in her article. 1.  Lying is the exception to the rule Meyer equates the evolution of deception to an arms race…

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How to Keep People from Lying

Keeping people from lying is quite simple reports the Business Insider . I’m sure many of you know the process of filling out an auto loan or tax document and at the end there’s always a statement that you have to sign affirming that ‘the facts you presented are true and correct to the best…

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