It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no its Superman! No matter what age, even junior high kids know this phrase and most people revere Superman as a hero. What about modern day heroes? Some people may shout out “Madonna” or “Jackie Chan” but these are celebrities not heroes. Today the meaning of hero has become…
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In an article on Time Healthlands webpage, entitled “Why we think Women are More Trustworthy than Men” the depth and believability of lies are put to the test. The study called “Jo are you Lying to Me? Temporal cues for Deception” was conducted by Marilyn Boltz and her colleagues investigated whether variations in speech rate…
Read MoreFacebook’s Facial Recognition Technology
The popular social networking site, Facebook, is unveiling new facial recognition technology that they are integrating with Facebook Photos. They announced this coincidentally the same day that their founder, Mark Zuckerberg was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. This feature, known as Tag Suggestions, will group faces together when uploading photos, and automatically suggest…
Read MoreEmotions in Gift Giving
In light of this holiday season, the University of Hertfordshire has conducted a study on gift giving. The focus of this study was determining whether or not gift givers could tell whether or not a recipient liked a present just by looking at their facial expressions and nonverbal behavior. Dr. Karen Pine, a Professor of…
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