It’s not new, news that humans have a great many different facial expressions. In fact, the face is the most complex nonverbal signal system in the body and it’s used to express many different kinds of mental states including Cognitive processes, concentration, confusion Facial emblems Signs of physical effort Signs of physiological states, fatigue, tiredness…
Read MoreFBI Bulletin, Reading People: Behavioral Anomalies and Investigative Interviewing- 2014
The FBI’s March 2014 Bulletin featured important interviewing techniques and detailed information on reading people. Drs. David Matsumoto, Humintell’s Director, and Hyisung Hwang as well as former FBI Special Agent Lisa Skinner commented on the scientific evidence behind behavioral anomalies that they have found through years of research and training. Many law enforcement professionals understand and…
Read MoreOur Game Face Is Really A Call for Help
Can the face of determination really be a subconscious call for help? LiveScience reports on a study led by evolutionary psychologist Bridget Waller from the University of Portsmouth (UK). Waller and her colleagues tested both chimps and children to determine if humans, the more social and cooperative species, evolved to subconsciously signal a request for…
Read MoreYoung Children Judge Trustworthiness & Competence Based on Your Face
Research led by led by psychological scientist Emily Cogsdill of Harvard University, reported by The Association for Psychological Sciences shows that judging others based on their physical features begins at a very early age. As many of us know and as past research has shown, adults regularly use faces to make judgments about the character…
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