In a past blog “The Language of Language” Humintell noted that computer science professor and spoken language expert Dr. Julia Hirschberg was setting out to examine what people unconsciously communicate through things such as intonation, accent and phrasing. Now Dr. Hirschberg is teaching computers how to spot deception detection via programming them to parse speech…
Read MoreInfants and Credibility
The University of Concordia reports that even in infancy humans can delineate between credible and non-credible sources. The study, published in the journal Infant Behavior and Development, examined a group of 60 infants. “This [study] shows infants will imitate behavior from a reliable adult,” says second author Ivy Brooker, “In contrast, the same behavior performed…
Read MoreHoliday Spending-Emotions and Shopping
This holiday season companies are pulling out all the stops to find out what makes consumers buy goods and why shoppers shop. Aided by science, a research group sets out to understand the body’s response to buying using bio-metric bracelet technology that was developed by MIT’s Media Lab. The Wall Street Journal reported that a…
Read MoreDream it Away
Dreams are nature’s best stress relievers? That is exactly what a new study by researchers at the University of Berkeley, California suggests. According to the The Daily Californian, the studies findings, which were published in the journal Current Biology, demonstrates that REM can decrease emotional intensity in reaction to past events. Els van der Helm,…
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