Category: Science

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often struggle to recognize emotions from facial expressions (facial affect), hindering their social interactions. By using Humintell’s emotion recognition training tool MiX, researchers out of Rush University Medical Center in Skokie, Illinois tested children ages 8-14 who are affected with autism spectrum disorder over a six week period. Russo,…

In January of this year we shared the story of the first Full Face Transplant recipient, a Texas man, Dallas Weins who was very grateful for the life changing operation. Reuters.com, has reported on another face transplant that has had such success that the recipient Richard Norris is able to brush his own teeth and…

Thank to you everyone for your overwhelming response to the “Submit your questions to Dr. Matsumoto” post on March 16th. Here are a few questions and answers by Dr. Matsumoto himself! You can find out more about Dr. Matsumoto and his research at his website You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of the…

Kids across the country are competing at higher and higher levels in sports, in and out of school.  Being a part of a team is great for learning socializing skills and physical activity is good for the body, but are sports emotionally healthy for kids? For many kids the adolescent and teenage years are physiologically…