This 8-year old boy was subdued by police using pepper spray after threatening his teachers at school. Meredith Viera talks to the young boy and his mother on the TODAY show. Do you believe them? What do you see when you watch this clip? Thanks Aaron for the link! Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world…
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An article, “Smile Like you Mean It” suggests that positive thinking can create a more positive emotional state, which in turn will allow a person to smile more. If you smile more, then you will generally be a happier person. At least that is the consensus. One study in positive psychology, performed by Harker and…
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The popular idiom “tell me the truth” has come to bring new meaning to the business world. Job applicants are now being given a “truth verification” test in their interviews in British Columbia. According to an article in the Vancouver Sun, an undisclosed U.S. company owns the rights to the Computerized Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA). …
Read MoreThe Complicated World of Gestures
Many of us use gestures to illustrate our speech or to express ourselves without the use of words. Dr. Matsumoto states, that gestures are basically all kinds of hand movements. He explains that there are 2 types of gestures: speech illustrators and emblems. Emblems are gestures that convey specific verbal meaning that can exist without…
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