In a recent study entitled Cultural Confusions Show Facial Expressions Are Not Universal, Rachael Jack and her colleagues challenged 100s of studies documenting the universality of facial expressions. The conclusions of this article are highly flawed for many reasons and below I outline a few of them. 1. The fact of the matter is that…
Read MoreDo Emotions Affect Critical Thinking?
*Sayaka is a regular contributor to David Matsumoto’s blog. A 2008 Olympian in the sport of judo, Sayaka shares her thoughts regarding how emotions affect critical thinking. Emotions and critical thinking are a part of everyday life; it doesn’t matter who you are or your profession. It’s how you control and regulate your emotions that…
Read MoreCatching Liars
By Guest Blogger Liespy *Liespy is a regular contributor to David Matsumoto’s blog. She honed her deception detecting skills as a fraud investigator for the insurance industry and employs these skills to analyze the world at large. We’ve blogged about how learning to read facial microexpressions of emotion can help you see hot spots. If…
Read MoreSo You Want to Be An Expert (part 3 of 3)?
Take Home Points for Step 1 and Step 2 We covered Step 1 and Step 2 in the previous blogs. Let’s review the take home points. Step 1: since the face conveys lots of information, you want to learn what to look for given your specific interest or profession and what you should ignore. This…
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