Living with Moebius Syndrome

A great article was written in the New York Times yesterday about Kathleen Bogart, a psychology researcher at Tufts University, who has Moebius Syndrome. Moebius Syndrome has no known cause. According to the New York Times, it affects less than 100,000 children at birth, which results in total, or nearly total, facial paralysis. A former…

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Lie to Me Returns for Third Season

As you may already know, the third season of Lie to Me returns June 7, 2010 at 8/7 Central to FOX. Tim Roth and Kelli Williams will return to play Dr. Cal Lightman and Dr. Gillian Foster in the drama series that exposed the science of microexpressions, emblems and nonverbal behavior to the world last…

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Read with Caution…

A recent article found on the Global Times out of China caught our eye since it mentioned microexpressions. While the initial premise of the article doesn’t focus around microexpressions (but rather, gum chewing), a few points made in the article caught our eye, since this is exactly the type of area we specialize in. Right…

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Online Dating and Lying: Why People Do It

A recent news article featured on cnn.com outlined the possible reasons why people lie on internet dating sites. In a study conducted by Jeffrey Hall, assistant professor in communication studies at the University of Kansas, examined 5,020 men and women who belonged to an undisclosed dating site. When asked if they would lie, most of the…

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