BBC has reported on the Pentagon’s growing interest in the neurobiology of political violence, a relatively new field that combines neuroscience with more traditional social science-based approaches to understanding human behavior. One program by Darpa is working on a project, Narrative Networks, that tries to “understand how narratives influence human thoughts and behavior, then apply…
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There is a growing interest in the fields of nonverbal communication and emotion recognition, specifically microexpressions. People interested in the field of deception detection and facial expressions of emotion as well as nonverbal communication skills and are asking how do I apply these types of techniques in the real world? What types of professions is…
Read MoreThe Brain & Emotions- New Research
A new study on bilingual language processing has revealed new insight into the interaction between emotion and thought in the brain. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, showed that people have a greater reaction to emotional words and phrases in their native (first) language. This is further proven by the fact that people speak…
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We all know that our frame of mind, or mood if you prefer, greatly influences our behavior. What is one of the best indicators to how we feel? Our facial expressions. Marketing departments are now able to capitalize on that more than ever due to the fast pace and growth of technology. Human’s basic emotions…
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