Good Morning America featured a story on December 4, 2009 that was both interesting and fascinating. Researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston as well as scientists from Harvard University are hoping that the ability of infants to read facial expressions could prove to be an early indication of individuals with autism. This new research studies…
Read MoreLie to Me Season 2 Episode 9 “Fold Equity” Comments
This week’s episode involved gambling. We get asked all the time about the possibility of training poker players, and I think that learning to read micro and subtle expressions of emotion, and other nonverbal behaviors, would be a great skill to add to any poker player’s skill set. That having been said, however, I also…
Read MoreLie to Me Season 2 Episode 8 “Secret Santa” Comments
With Cal Lightman in Afghanistan, it’s a great time to think about the science, and what has been validated scientifically and not. In reality, did you know that while there is a lot of data demonstrating the universality of facial expressions of emotion, there is no study published yet (at least that I know of)…
Read MoreDuchenne Smiles
As you may probably know, there are 7 basic emotions: Anger, Contempt, Fear, Disgust, Happiness, Sadness and Surprise. But of these 7 basic emotions, there is only 1 enjoyable emotion, which is happiness. There are many different types of happiness including elation, euphoria, excitement, amusement, etc. However, research has shown that these enjoyable emotions are…
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