MIT’s Technology Review recently wrote about a new emotion detection sensor that has been developed to “detect and record physiological signs of stress and excitement by measuring slight electrical changes in the skin.” Known as the Q Sensor, the technology was designed by Affectiva for doctors, caregivers, and patients to observe autistic children’s emotional changes.…
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Has technology developed so quickly that we can detect the intentions of criminals just from facial clues caught on tape? Wright State University is investigating this possibility by devoting a research team to recognize terrorists and other criminals by their facial expressions. If effective, this project, funded by several defense organizations, could be extremely beneficial…
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In a recent Psychology Today article, Dr. Noam Shpancer, professor of psychology at Otterbein College, discusses the relationship between actions and emotions. He asserts that our behaviors shape our emotions, contrary to the popular belief that actions result from our feelings. Dr. Shpancer cites the 1971 Stanford prison experiment as a prime example. In this…
Read MoreAre Children Good Liars?
Do all children learn to lie? Can children with mental disabilities also lie? How effective can it be to reason with a child to tell the truth? Well, most of us expect children to lie at some point in their life, even if it is just a white lie. According to an article in the…
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