Why Russians Aren’t Smiling in Sochi

According to Ed Leigh and The National Journal, Russians aren’t returning smiles that are so freely given by many American and Europeans during this exciting and joyous time of the Winter Olympics. Why are these smiles not reciprocated? Well, its not as spiteful as you might think.  When Leigh asked a native Russian why no one…

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Sochi Winter Olympic Emotions

A great photo to analyze nonverbals. What does this photo say to you? Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu (and his coach’s) reaction to his world record setting figure skating short program score at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Confessing Half the Truth is Worse than a Full Confession

A recent study purports that people who fully confessed after lying when given the opportunity to come clean, felt better than those who partially confessed. The study which was published in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology was comprised of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Ben-Gurion University of…

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Taste that Expression

We are all familiar with the notion that our facial muscles relax and contract with the emotions that we display on it, which are more often than not involuntary, depending on how we feel.  Researchers in Tokyo have identified a similar link between taste and its involuntary display of certain facial expressions based on the…

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