8 August, 2019

Facial Expressions Shape Professional Evaluations

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in Facial Expressions, Microexpressions, Nonverbal Behavior /
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We know that facial expressions hugely shape social interactions, but they also shape professional evaluations, as well. A recent blog by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) critically examines the extant research on the connection between nonverbal behavior and professional evaluations. This article seeks to summarize the role that facial features, such as facial hair,…

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23 July, 2019

Social Influence in Investigative Interviews

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in Deception, Emotion, Facial Expressions, Nonverbal Behavior, Science /
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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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19 July, 2019

Dr. Matsumoto Podcast Interview Part 2

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in Deception, Facial Expressions, Gesture, Lying, Nonverbal Behavior /
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Last week, we began discussing Dr. David Matsumoto’s podcast interview, but we weren’t able to get to all of it. So, now time to discuss the second half! This time around, Dr. Matsumoto expounded on topics including the connection between deception and microexpressions, the role of gestures in communication, education, and artificial intelligence. One of…

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9 July, 2019

Dr. Matsumoto Podcast Interview Part 1

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in Emotion, Facial Expressions, Microexpressions, Nonverbal Behavior /
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Communication may be much vaster than we thought. In a new podcast, Humintell’s Dr. David Matsumoto helps explain the non-verbal world of communication to wider audiences. He emphasizes that non-verbal communication is anything that does not include verbal language, but the varieties of non-verbal communication are almost endless. One of these is based in the…

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