Are humans closely related to fish? Well according to BBC News, new scans of human embryos suggest that this is the case. The early human embryo looks very similar to the embryo of any other mammal all of which have evolved from fish. They outline some of the similarities between the two species: The eyes…
Read MoreStudying Facial Expressions in High School
Colby Howell and Varun Ramesh, two Hamilton High school students, won paid trips to Los Angeles to compete for $4 million in prizes and scholorships at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair , for their scientific research projects. These students were among the grand prize winners last week in the Arizona Science and Engineering…
Read MoreThe Efficacy of Training to Recognize Microexpression of Emotion
A new study performed by Dr. David Matsumoto and Dr. Hyi Sung Hwang demonstrated that the ability to read microexpressions, facial expressions of emotion that can appear on the face as fast as 1/2 second, can be trained. They present two studies that prove this claim as well as evidence for the retention of the…
Read MoreLie Spotters
What are the tricks to spotting liars? Well, the answer is simple training, training, and more training. The Huffington Post wrote about deception detection techniques used in the law enforcement and Intelligence world every day. They suggest that extroverts lie more than introverts and that extroverts maintain their lies longer in interrogations. Huff post writes…
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