Can we recognize emotions amongst other species? Can they recognize ours? If our emotional recognition skills expand to other species besides humans, that tells us a great deal about the universality and evolutionary basis of our expressions, including our basic emotions. In this amazing video, Dr. Jan van Hooff visits an elderly chimpanzee, Mama, whom…
Read MoreNonverbal Behavior: Who Are The Landmarks in the Field?
We spend a great deal of time talking about Humintell’s work on nonverbal behavior, but it’s important to know that this is a wide and exciting field! In a recent paper in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, a pair of researchers sought to map out the major authors and major papers that have dominated the…
Read MoreHow to Read Microexpressions and Improve Your Observation Skills
This special blog showcases an interview recently done with Humintell’s own Dr. David Matsumoto on how to read microexpressions and improve your observational skills. The online behavior lab, Science of People, asked him to delve into the question of how we can use observational skills to determine other people’s intent and to assess the possibility…
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