The perceived trustworthiness of an inmate’s face may determine the severity of the sentence he receives, according to new research using photos and sentencing data for inmates in the state of Florida. The research, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reveals that inmates whose faces were rated as low…
Read MoreWhat Facial Expressions Are Really Saying
Lot’s of research has shown that a look can speak volumes between two people. But how did facial expressions get started originally, and why? Why do they look they way they do? Why do people smile when they’re happy? Why do they wrinkle their nose and raise their upper lip when they’re disgusted? Why do they…
Read MoreFBI Law Enforcement Bulletin – New Article!
Humintell is proud to be frequent contributors to the nation’s premier law enforcement publication, the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. Since 1935, The FBI has provided information on current law enforcement issues and research in the field to the larger policing community through this publication. Today, the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin remains one of the most widely…
Read MoreWe Can Look More Trustworthy, But Not More Competent
We can alter our facial features in ways that make us look more trustworthy, but don’t have the same ability to appear more competent, a team of New York University psychology researchers has found. The study, which appears in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, a SAGE journal, points to both the limits and potential…
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