A Lying Politician: Rob Ford

Some dub him as the “Lance Armstrong of Toronto Politics” while others bluntly call him a “bully” and a “liar”. No matter what you label him, one thing’s for sure: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is under major scrutiny since he admitted on Tuesday, November 5th that he smoked crack cocaine, an allegation that he has…

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Beauty and the Face

Why is physical beauty so important in today’s society, especially in consumer marketing? Psychology Today reports on the unethical aspects of beauty as it is represented in main stream media.  They report that facial symmetry has been shown to be the key determinant in our estimating of what is seen as beautiful and what’s not.…

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Expression of the Month Winner

Thank you to all our great Expression of the Month photo submissions. We have chosen our Grand Prize Winner!!   Ellen Wright’s photo has been selected.   She will receive a signed copy of Dr. Matsumoto’s newest book, Nonverbal Communication: Science and Applications.   – See more at: https://www.humintell.com/?p=28421&preview=true#sthash.k19iykeI.dpuf  Thank you to all our great Expression…

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Anger & The Internet

A new study has found that anger is the most influential emotion in online interactions.  These findings are from research by Beihang University  and acquired by looking at “Weibo” a Chinese social network similar to Twitter but with twice as many users. Researchers looked at over 70 million “tweets” if you will over a six…

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