October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and while this topic may be an uncomfortable one, understanding domestic violence and how to detect and prevent it can save lives. One way of achieving this is to better train law enforcement to identify signs of aggression and violence. This involves significant people reading and emotional detection skills,…
Read MoreSpecial Announcement from Humintell!
We are really excited to let you know about the improvements we’ve made to our best selling MiX Original Microexpression Training Course! Recently we obtained feedback from many of you who gave us amazing and wonderful tips on how we can improve our MiX Original. We took that feedback to heart and we’ve made a number of…
Read MoreDisgust: Dissecting the Facial Expression
A few weeks ago, we posted an article about the hapless kombucha drinker whose disgust facial expressions went viral. This week, we get the benefit of Humintell’s own Dr. David Matsumoto’s insight into the details of her expressions. After trying kombucha, the video’s subject, Brittany Tomlinson, cycles through a rapid sequence of vivid facial expressions,…
Read MoreFacial Expressions Shape Professional Evaluations
We know that facial expressions hugely shape social interactions, but they also shape professional evaluations, as well. A recent blog by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) critically examines the extant research on the connection between nonverbal behavior and professional evaluations. This article seeks to summarize the role that facial features, such as facial hair,…
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