Why You Should Learn How to Read Facial Expressions of Emotion

Strong Predictor of Workplace Performance The ability to read emotions in others and in oneself has proven through research to be the strongest driver of leadership and personal excellence. A recent study even suggests people who are in tune with their colleagues’ emotions are more likely to bring home a bigger paycheck than their emotionally-stunted colleagues!   Increased…

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ICYMI: Can a Photograph Serve as a Reliable Document of Truth?

Humintell Director Dr. Matsumoto sat down with photographer Kris Davidson for an interview at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco California. Produced for an MFA level documentary photography course, Dr. Matsumoto shares valuable insights on the potential of a photograph to serve as a reliable document of truth.

Detecting Deception: Are You Being Lied to?

Written for Tactics and Preparedness, Issue 6, April 2014 By Dr. Hyi Sung Hwang and Dr. David Matsumoto Behavioral anomalies are verbal and nonverbal signs of cognitions and emotions that give additional clues to what an individual is thinking and feeling beyond the content of the words being spoken. We can improve our ability to…

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Improve Your Negotiation Skills by Understanding Microexpressions

From Clearly Influential with Sandy Donovan: “Don’t you just always want to know what the other person is thinking? Whether a co-worker, significant other or the stranger I met in the grocery store – I always want to get inside their mind. I’m constantly wondering what they are REALLY thinking. Unfortunately, a lot of us…

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