Detecting the Truth!

There are many products and people out there claiming to have all the answers to deception detection.  However, not all of these are based on actual scientific research or might be based on antique scientific techniques that are outdated and now being proven inaccurate. So how can someone actually tell if a person is lying?…

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The Emotion of Fear: Is It Really Mind Over Matter?

“The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself”, Franklin D. Roosevelt (inaugural speech, 1933). Fear can be a motivator or a crippling disease that keeps one from trying something new or difficult.  Most of us can explain the emotion of fear, can recognize the facial expression of fear and can recount a time…

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Why Laughter is Such Good Medicine

The New York Times reports on why laughing is so good for us. Although laughter seems like a relative simple concept, the effect it has on our bodies is anything but simple.  Research has shown that laughing more can make us happier (overall), slimmer, and healthier. “Laughter is an early mechanism to bond social groups,”…

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FaceBook and Mobile Media Advances

Social media has come to mean a myriad of things.  For the younger generation it has a positive connotative value and for some of the older generation it has a more negative connotative value that is connected with confusion and frustration.  Whichever category you belong to, it would be wise to get “hip” with social…

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