Negative Nellies

For decades, researchers have probed the conundrum of genetics vs. environment.  Now new research from Oregon State University suggests that adoptive parents who had a tendency to over-react when their child tested age-appropriate limits or made mistakes, also had children who had “negative emotionality” or acted out and had more temper tantrums. Health Canal.com has…

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Advertising of the Future

Want a fast way to market your product or service to your target audience and not waste money?  Well, the future of marketing allows businesses to do just that. Time NewsFeed has reported that new facial recognition software can show billboard ads to a specific gender and ONLY  to that gender. The ads were developed…

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See What is Not Being Said!

History.com has a great video that delves into the “Secrets of Body Language” In their episode, experts dissect the essence of the body, the face, and the voice to reveal what is really behind our body language. Non-verbal communication consists of a variety of different things such as gestures, facial expression, posture, as well as…

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Emoticon App

Ubergizmo.com has reported on a new Emoticon app for cell phones.  “Twikao” is an app the digitizes a facial expression from a photo and turns it into an emoticon. Developed by Takuto Onishi from Japan, this app can take any photo of a face (as long as it is fairly clear) and turn it into…

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