Is a picture really worth a thousand words? What exactly can a picture tell you about someone’s character? When trying to detect deception, one has to be very careful to not interpret the wrong information or misread pertinent nonverbal signals of deception such as microexpressions. Many people may have heard of David Loughner. He has been identified…
Read MoreMoney DOES Buy Happiness?
In a recent blog post, we explored research out of Princeton University that suggested that income does affect a person’s overall satisfaction with life, but seems to have little effect on a person’s emotional well-being, which reflects everyday life experiences. Now a new study out of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, led…
Read MoreFuture Legacies
What legacy will you leave behind for your great, great, great, great, great grandchildren? Well, if you’re anything like the average family, your family tree might only go back three or four generations. Many memories of our great, great, great grandparents are only pictures and fragmented stories from our close relative’s memories. They do say…
Read MoreDr. David Matsumoto Academy of Art Interview
Dr. Matsumoto recently sat down with photographer Kris Davidson for an interview at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco California. Produced for an MFA level documentary photography course, Dr. Matsumoto shares valuable insights on the potential of a photograph to serve as a reliable document of truth. Documentary photography — as the very…
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