Recent research conducted by Daniel Hamermesh and Jason Abrevaya of The University of Texas at Austin suggest that “good-looking people are generally happier than their plain looking or unattractive counterparts”. The research suggests that this is a result of larger salaries, other economic benefits, and better-looking spouses. Indeed, research has already suggested that income levels…
Read MoreTell Me The Truth
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 MoreCooperation and Competition in Intercultural Interactions
Are team players more cooperative when they can relate to their teammates? New research conducted by Drs. David Matsumoto and Hyi Sung Hwang now relates the behavioral ability to cooperatively interact with people to cultural differences between the players. In this study, US born Americans played a modified Prisoner’s Dilemma game in same sex dyads…
Read MoreThe Window to our Souls
Most of us have heard about the iphone emotion recognition app, which we previously blogged about, as well as new emotion recognition security tools such as the virtual border patrol. All these new applications beg the questions, are we going too far with technology and are we compromising our privacy? Now imagine sitting in traffic…
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