Evaluating Truthfulness is nothing new, but new technology and training programs based on validated scientific studies have sparked new interest in this field of study. Pursuit Magazine goes in depth about about behavioral science’s perceptive on how to conduct successful interviews. Deception detection is not as simple as many people, who are often times untrained,…
Read MoreOur Gestures Often Betray Us
Our gestures often betray us: As much as we try to disguise our intentions or feelings, we project microexpressions: involuntary movements of our face that reveal what we hold deep and try to hide at all costs . Fractions of a second beyond the human eye, but easily caught by cameras because technology is now able…
Read MoreWebcam Watergate
How would you feel if every time you logged onto your personal accounts from your laptop or phone you were giving away valuable personal information you hold dear? Scientists at Cambridge University have shown that a person’s facial expressions could give away their security codes via the webcam on their device. The Inquirer.net noted that with…
Read MorePrimates & Facial Expression Complexity
Primates have been relying on facial expressions to delineate friends from predators for thousands of years and new research purports that increasing group size puts more pressure on the evolution of coloration across different sub-regions of primates’ faces. International Business Times reports on these new findings from biologists from the University of California Los Angeles.…
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