What’s the latest research news in detecting lies with behavioral anomalies? You asked and Humintell has answered Presupposing that clues to deception do exist (which science has proven), an important question is whether individuals in general can be trained to improve their ability to detect lies via training tools. Drs. David Matsumoto and Hyisung Hwang…
Read MorePast Blog: Facial Expressions not Universal? The study and its flaws…
There have been several recent news articles that suggest facial expressions of emotion are not universal. In a past blog, Dr. Matsumoto sites his retort to a study entitled Cultural Confusions Show Facial Expressions Are Not Universal where researcher Rachael Jack and her colleagues challenged 100s of studies documenting the universality of facial expressions. The conclusions of this…
Read MoreOur Game Face Is Really A Call for Help
Can the face of determination really be a subconscious call for help? LiveScience reports on a study led by evolutionary psychologist Bridget Waller from the University of Portsmouth (UK). Waller and her colleagues tested both chimps and children to determine if humans, the more social and cooperative species, evolved to subconsciously signal a request for…
Read MoreSpot the Microexpression
When 16-year-old Skylar Neese disappeared into the night, her parents were shocked to discover that her closest friends carried a dark secret. In the video clip below, Skylar’s parents are asked how they spent their first Christmas without their daughter. Can you spot the microexpression that occurs at the beginning of the video? What do…
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