Dr. Matsumoto, director of Humintell and renowned psychologist has been appropriated by the Air Force Research Laboratory (who is also funding this endeavor) to find universal markers for deception. Dr. Matsumoto, a current Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University and co-creator of the original microexpression training tool, has been researching human emotions and nonverbal…
Read MorePhysiological Factors of Lying
How can we effectively tell when a person is lying? If it is someone we are close to, then we likely already have their base line personality/characteristics and can detect (even if we are not always aware of it) when they verge from those characteristics telling us that something is off. Most people do this…
Read MoreThe Powell Family Tragedy
Utah mother of two Susan Powell disappeared in December of 2009 after her husband Josh claimed he had taken their young sons camping in sub-zero temperatures only to return to find his wife missing. Josh Powell, who had been under severe scrutiny for several years over the disappearance of Susan, had his first in depth…
Read MoreAre You Being Judged On Your Smile?
Are you being judged on your smile? According to Atlantic.com we could judge people especially our elected representatives on their smiles. How would one go about judging smiles? New facial expression recognition technology is paving the way to do just that. Developer and journalist Dan Nguyen has taken advantage of recent facial expression recognition technology…
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