eye contact myth

7 July, 2020

The Devil is in the Details. A Guide to Lie Catching.

Guest blog on lie catching by Craig James Baxter of Understanding Body Language. Liars, Cheats and Happy Feet During a trip to my local garden centre, I noticed this sign for sale. We didn’t buy it, but I did mention to my wife that this statement is often correct and promised that I would write…

24 February, 2020

Body Language: Validated and Non-Validated Indicators

by David Matsumoto

Hey everybody, it’s David Matsumoto from Humintell. I wanted to thank everybody for the tremendous response that we have received about our last 2 videos. One was on the introduction to what is body language and the other one was about whether you can tell the difference between fake and genuine emotions. One of the…

3 July, 2019

Reading People Depends on Identifying Body Language

by Humintell Admin

While we have been focusing on microexpressions, reading people often depends on identifying their body language as well. Humintell’s Dr. David Matsumoto has done exciting work on the role of body language in human communication and the extent to which similar patterns span cultures. As we’ve noted, it is necessary to disentangle what expressions are…

15 November, 2018

Clusters of Nonverbal Behavior Differentiate Truth Tellers from Liars

by Humintell Admin

A great deal of popular discussion of how to detect deception rests on specific, isolated factors like eye contact, but the reality is a bit more complex. New research shows that clusters of nonverbal behavior differentiate truth tellers from liars. This is the case that Humintell’s Drs. David Matsumoto and Hyisung Hwang made in a…