Humintell Photos at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia

For those readers and followers in the Philadelphia region, you’re in for a special treat! At the Franklin Institute there is a new interactive exhibit entitled “Emotions are Universal” that features images provided by Humintell! The matching game features 28 faces from people young and old, representing a wide variety of backgrounds and emotions. Match the…

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Under Scrutiny

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…

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Body 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…

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Study 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…

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