In a recent study out of Israel entitled “Human Tears Contain a Chemosignal“, researchers found evidence that tears may be sending chemical signals that influence the behavior of other people. As reported in the New York Times, researchers ran several experiments. In all of them, they discovered that “men who sniffed drops of women’s emotional…
Read MoreEconomic Hardship Creates Cynicism on Wall Street
Do you tell the truth, especially when money is involved? Wall Street firms are not taking any chances. According to a Consumer Affairs report and The Wall Street Journal, there is a growing need for the employment of professional lie detectors in the business world. In the articles entitled “Wary Investors Turn to Lie Detectors”…
Read MorePolitics: It’s All in the Face
Voters make judgments about politicians’ competence based on their facial appearance. The article, “On the Face of It” posted on the ScienceDaily website, showed that research conducted by Christopher Olivola (University College London in the UK) and Alexander Todorov (Princeton University) suggests that these appearance based judgments predict voting decisions and election outcomes. Voter’s choices…
Read MoreIntimacy Fosters an Enhaced Ability to Decode Facial Expressions
“What Your Best Friend Sees That I Don’t” is an article published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin that discusses the relevance of closeness of individuals in enhancing their ability to decode emotional facial expressions. Many people believe that the idea that familiarity will lead to better and more effective emotional communication. However, research…
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