Are You Being Judged On Your Smile?

Are you being judged on your smile?  According to Atlantic.com we could judge people especially our elected representatives on their smiles. How would one go about judging smiles?  New facial expression recognition technology is paving the way to do just that. Developer and journalist Dan Nguyen has taken advantage of recent facial expression recognition technology…

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To Tweet or Post, That is the Question

Businesses around the world rely on social media sites to launch and promote their products and services to consumers nationwide. Now, new research is saying that sites such as Facebook and Twitter actively encourage people to say things that they do not truly mean and later regret. Why would social media sites trigger indifferent or…

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Fetal Facial Expression Research Update

In December Humintell blogged on new research, which posited that facial expressions begin in utero.  The article entitled “Baby Face” delineated that several facial movements begin in the second trimester and enable the formation of all the elements of laughter by the 30th week of pregnancy. This suggests that the smile is not a reflexive…

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Inside the Interrogation Room

ABC News’ “Primetime: Crime” was granted unprecedented access to the inner-workings of the Houston Homicide Division, to explore how Homicide Detective Sgt. Brian Harris conducts interviews in the interrogation room, otherwise known to law enforcement as “The Box”. Sergeant Harris emphasizes that coercive interview techniques are ineffective when trying to illicit information from a suspect:…

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