The University of Buffalo has released more evidence that liars under intense scrutiny cannot suppress their facial expressions of emotion. Recently, the reliability of microexpressions in lie detection has come into question. ABC has reported on the perceived validity of microexpressions and their use by the TSA. The scientific truth is that there are seven…
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As technology continues to advance at such a fast pace, we are inundated with creative ways to see and understand the world and people around us. NewScientist has just released information on MIT’s Media Lab’s newest project – emotion recognition glasses. No doubt this would be beneficial for many social situations and would probably avoid…
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New research has shown that babies brains are just as specialized as adult brains in respect to emotion recognition. According to EurekAlert, this study (entitled Early Specialization for Voice and Emotion Processing in the Infant Brain and published in Current Biology) purports that three-to-seven month infants have greater activation in the temporal lobe of the…
Read MoreEmpathy Emptiness
Do you have emotional empathy for other people? This seems like a no-brainer but research is now suggesting that people who have had severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) have a loss of emotional empathy , which is the ability to recognize and understand the emotions of other people. Researchers from the University of New South…
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