12 October, 2017

Income and Emotional Recognition

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Would it surprise you that wealthier people are actually worse at reading emotions? A growing body of research is beginning to show that the less well off a person is the more they have learned to read other people’s emotional expressions. While it might seem counterintuitive, this skill connected with the increased practical necessity of…

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3 October, 2017

Does Lying Get Easier The More We Do It?

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It seems intuitive that lying gets easier the more we do it, but that may actually be supported at the neurological level! New research found that, when we lie frequently, our brain begins to adapt to the practice of deception, to the point that we no longer feel the emotional stress that normally comes with…

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26 September, 2017

Antisocial Behavior and Facial Recognition

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We often tell children that bullies struggle with their own self-esteem, but they may also struggle with an even more fundamental skill! Groundbreaking research suggests that those with severe antisocial behavior actually fail in properly recognizing emotions in other humans. A team of researchers from the University of Bath and the University of Southampton examined…

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20 September, 2017

Emotions vs Expressions

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in Emotion, Facial Expressions, Nonverbal Behavior /
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We know there are seven “basic” emotions, but aren’t there many more emotions? In fact, there is significant difference between what emotions we experience and how our faces are able to express these emotions. While mountains of previous research have settled on the existence of seven basic emotional expressions, ongoing research seeks to quantify exactly…

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