As The Irondequoit Post reports, nearly 150 years ago Charles Darwin used photographs to study how humans use their face to show emotions. Today researchers at Cambridge University use the power of the internet, videos and the technology of the 21st century to update Charles Darwin’s experiments. They believe the results could help them develop…
Read MoreThe Language of Language
What do people unconsciously communicate through things such as intonation, accent and phrasing? And is it really possible to detect a lie? Well, that is exactly what computer science professor and expert in spoken language, Julia Hirschberg, is setting out to examine. Things to take into consideration, according to Hirschberg, “How do people convey that…
Read MoreDetecting 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not all of these are based on actual scientific research or might be based on antique scientific techniques that are outdated and now being proven inaccurate.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?…
Read MoreThe 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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