As reported on CBS This Morning: after a second video of Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice surfaced, this one showing him punching his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was under fire. Many critics questioned how Goodell could not have seen the video before giving Rice his original two-game suspension. Goodell addressed the controversy…
Read MoreBody Language in Negotiation: Angry Facial Expressions?
Angry Facial Expressions in Negotiation New research out of Harvard University suggests your best weapon in negotiation may be your facial expressions. In a new paper entitled “The Commitment Function of Angry Facial Expressions” published in Psychological Science, Harvard University psychology post-doc Lawrence Ian Reed suggests that angry facial expressions seem to boost the effectiveness…
Read MoreStudy Reveals Origins of Facial Expressions
Why do our eyes widen when afraid and narrow to slits when disgusted? Research findings by Cornell neuroscientist Adam Anderson suggest that human facial expressions arose from universal, adaptive reactions to environmental stimuli and not originally as social communication signals, lending support to Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theories on the evolution of emotion. Anderson is an…
Read MoreManipulating Emotions – The Effects of Social Media
Forbes: Entrepreneur delves into what really motivates people in this day and age! How can people, companies, and groups spur us into action? There are plenty of options: advertising, marketing, and of course the ever popular and influential social media. It has been revealed long ago that influencing one’s emotions can in turn affect their…
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