8 February, 2016

Contempt: One of the Seven Basic Emotions

by Humintell Admin
in Emotion, Facial Expressions, Nonverbal Behavior

Contempt is one of the seven basic emotions commonly studied in facial expression research. It is often associated with feelings of superiority, disrespect, or looking down on another person. Unlike many other emotional expressions, the characteristic facial expression of contempt is asymmetrical: it typically involves movement on just one side of the mouth. Understanding contempt…

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5 February, 2016

Consequences Of Revealing Embarrassing Details

by Humintell Admin
in Deception, Lying, Science

Confessing embarrassing information is often better than withholding it. Research finds that people distrust withholders of details more than they dislike revealers of unsavory information.

1 February, 2016

How to Evaluating Truthfulness and Detecting Deception

by Sayaka Torra
in Deception, Lying

While interviewing the suspect who claims ignorance about an incident, the witness who saw it happen, or the informant who identified the perpetrator, the detective asks a question that will eviscerate the perpetrator’s story. As the suspect prepares to answer, he looks up and to the left, purses his lips, tenses his eyelids, and brings…

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24 January, 2016

Dogs Examine Eyes First When Deciphering Facial Expressions

by Humintell Admin
in Facial Expressions, Science

By Sarah D. Young for Consumer Affairs Humans may not be the only ones who consider eyes to be the window to the soul. A new study out of the University of Helsinki found that dogs, just like humans, focus most closely on the eyes when deciphering facial expressions. The study, published recently in the science…

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