Computer Can Recognize Emotion Through Voice

Researchers in Madrid have created a computer system allowing for custom customer service, wherein through elements of a user’s speech such as tone and speed, a computer can gauge human emotion. Therefore, the computer can act responsively to defuse heightening situations. Take a look at the video below to learn more.

Facial Recognition and the Brain

Most people can probably sympathize with the uncomfortable encounter with someone you think you know but aren’t quite sure if you do yet they look so familiar or perhaps you can’t quite place their face to a name and are secretly hoping someone will ask first? The brain’s capacity to find and recognize faces is…

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Look Into My Eyes

In the past many studies have been conducted on children with autism and social disorders such as bipolar disorder and mood dysregulation.  It has been well documented that children with these disorders have problems identifying facial expressions of emotion but little has been know of why. New research has discovered why children with these social…

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The Depth of Deception

Do you ever wonder why it is so hard to tell the truth all of the time?  Why is it that we are deceptive beings? Well, Salon.com has reported on the mechanics of deceit, the evolutionary science of deceit and how the two areas overlap. The article focuses on Robert Trivers a professor of anthropology…

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