18 February, 2014

Why Russians Aren’t Smiling in Sochi

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in Culture, Emotion, Facial Expressions /
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According to Ed Leigh and The National Journal, Russians aren’t returning smiles that are so freely given by many American and Europeans during this exciting and joyous time of the Winter Olympics. Why are these smiles not reciprocated? Well, its not as spiteful as you might think.  When Leigh asked a native Russian why no one…

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16 February, 2014

Sochi Winter Olympic Emotions

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A great photo to analyze nonverbals. What does this photo say to you? Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu (and his coach’s) reaction to his world record setting figure skating short program score at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

13 February, 2014

Confessing Half the Truth is Worse than a Full Confession

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A recent study purports that people who fully confessed after lying when given the opportunity to come clean, felt better than those who partially confessed. The study which was published in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology was comprised of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Ben-Gurion University of…

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8 February, 2014

Still Face Experiment

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in Emotion, Facial Expressions, Nonverbal Behavior /
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Take a look at the videos below where Dr.  Edward Tonnick Ph.D from Harvard, studied infants, their communication abilities and how they read emotions.  A baby’s brain begins to learn about and organize the world around them through emotional connections. studied infants and their communication abilities as well as how they Read Emotions.  Through emotional…

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