Humans Mimic Primate Expressions: What It Reveals

What Primates Can Teach Us About Human Emotion What if the roots of human emotional intelligence extend far beyond human interaction? A recent study highlighted by ZME Science reveals something fascinating: humans don’t just recognize emotional expressions in non-human primates—we mirror them. And we do it automatically. This finding reinforces something we emphasize at Humintell:…

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The Latest Science about Behavioral Indicators of Deception

A Message for Professional Interviewers, Investigators, Therapists, and Negotiators I wanted to let our Humintell community know of a recent paper that was published in a top-tier, scientific journal on behavioral indicators when detecting deception. In the scientific community, there have been debates about whether behavior can reliably differentiate truths from lies, and if so,…

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Dr. Matsumoto Interview on Metadata Podcast

Dr. Matsumoto recently appeared on the metadata podcast in Brazil where he was interviewed by Victor Santos, Anderson Tamborim and David Leucas. View the entire video or see below for timestamps to specific questions. 2:00: How did you get interested in the area of nonverbal communication and behavior? 8:25: In your study “Spontaneous Facial Expressions…

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YOUR Microexpression Questions Answered

Dr. David Matsumoto, Director of Humintell answers questions from his free microexpressions webinar on February 3, 2022. To watch the replay of the webinar in its entirety, go here. Please find below a complete list of questions and their timestamps corresponding to the above video: 0:00 Introduction by Dr. Matsumoto 0:31 How do you get…

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