The BBC Network is taking facial recognition marketing to a new level. They have employed the use of facial coding web cameras to gauge viewers’ emotional reactions to their network television shows. The initial study, reported on by Recombu.com, has been measuring 200 U.K. participants and will soon expand to international markets. Tracked programs include…
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Take a short trip with Psychologist Paul Piff, in understanding how the mind makes sense of advantage even when it’s clear that is a random act rather than an act of had work and strategy. Learn how people behave when they feel wealthy in this 16 minute TED talk. Piff notes, “People become less attuned…
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In recent years there has been much talk about the stance a winner takes after a competition. Originally labeled as pride, this “victory” stance has been studied by many researchers. With the winter Olympics just around the corner it is prudent to note new research findings for the triumphant body language of the victor’s stance.…
Read MoreCan You Beat the Odds?
Do you think you have an addictive personality? No what about when it comes to games of chance are you fooled by the odds in your head? New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS reports that an area of the brain thought to be important for emotion may be…
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