29 August, 2019

Alcohol and Emotion Recognition

by Humintell Admin
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We all know that alcohol has profound neurological impacts, but what is its role in emotion recognition? According to a new study by Dr. Lauren Hoffman and a team of researchers, alcohol use can significantly impair our abilities to recognize crucial emotions in other people, especially anger. Dr. Hoffman found that recovering alcoholics, while generally…

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21 August, 2019

Learning in Unlikely Faces

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The facial expressions of a kombucha drinking social media poster might not be a national headline, but they serve a great example for learning about facial expressions. As the New York Times reports, an online video by Brittany Tomlinson went viral after she showed a wide range of emotions upon trying some kombucha. In the…

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16 August, 2019

The Psychology of Humor: Why is that Funny?

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Psychology often tries to unravel emotional mysteries, but some resist investigation more than others. One of these long-standing mysteries is the psychology of humor. What exactly makes a joke funny or not? And to whom? It is this question which has long puzzled psychologists and philosophers, and Scientific American’s Giovanni Sabato attempts to trace the…

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23 July, 2019

Social Influence in Investigative Interviews

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We talk a lot about how to understand people’s emotions and how to read what they say accurately, but what about learning how we can change our behavior so that they are more forthcoming? This is the subject of a recent paper by Humintell’s Dr. David Matsumoto and Hyisung Hwang. In this study, they sought…

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