Two high school juniors from Oregon have won $100,000 in the 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology. Disabilityscoop website reported commented on the students’, Akash Krishnan and Matthew Fernandez, computer analysis program that helps distinguish among five emotions from the recording of the human voice. Their project “The Recognition of Emotion in Human Speech”…
Read MoreLeBron James Bumps Coach Erik Spoelstra
Miami Heat forward LeBron James may have been a little upset during a timeout during his team’s November 27th game against the Dallas Mavericks. During the third quarter of the basketball match, LeBron bumped into coach Erik Spoelstra while walking to the bench. A complete description of the confrontation is given in detail at the…
Read MoreRussians: A Natural Poker Face?
In a recent article written by Marina Krakovsky and published in Psychology Today entitled “Global Psyche: National Poker Face”, Russian citizen’s facial expressions were compared with Americans. The article states that Russians, who seem very serious, rarely smile in public. The article suggests that this is not because they are pessimistic worry warts, but because…
Read MoreMore Money, Less Empathy
New research published in the Journal of Psychological Science investigated the correlation between individuals with low or high socioeconomic status and their ability to be empathetic. The article entitled, Social Class, Contextualism, and Empathetic Accuracy was written by researchers Michael Kraus of University of San Francisco, Stephane Cote of the University of Toronto and Dacher…
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