On August 18, 2010 Roger Clemens, former major league baseball player and multiple Cy Young award winner, was indicted on three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. Less than 2 weeks later on August 31, Clemens pleaded not guilty in federal court to the charges.…
Read MoreFaces to Fear or Trust?
In a previous blog post, we commented on research out of Princeton University that attempted to determine the face of an individual that seemed “trustworthy”. In the same study, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University Alexander Todorov and research specialist Nikolaas Oosterhof attempted to search for a way to define the…
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Is a Trustworthy Face the Best Poker Face?
A study out of Wellesley University led by Dr. Erik Schlicht investigated “whether an opponent’s face influences players’ wagering decisions in a zero-sum game with hidden information”. In this case, the game they used in their study was Texas Hold’em Poker. Schlicht and his team asked participants to make “risky” choices while simultaneously being presented…
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