If you can’t tell a smile from a scowl, you’re probably not getting enough sleep. A new UC Berkeley study shows that sleep deprivation dulls our ability to accurately read facial expressions. This deficit can have serious consequences, such as not noticing that a child is sick or in pain, or that a potential mugger…
Read MoreApril Smile Challenge!
Humintell is excited to announce our April Smile Challenge! Submit to us a photo with your best social or genuine smile! Grand Prize: 1 photograph will be selected to be put on our blog with FACS coding. The winner will also be allowed to receive One (1) FREE license key OF THEIR CHOICE from any of our online training (not including…
Read MoreMerry Christmas from Humintell!
Humintell wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas and a wonderful Holiday Season! We thank you for being an avid reader of our Humintell blog and a loyal customer. Without your support, we would not be able to continue to expose this fascinating world of nonverbal behavior. We wish you the very best in…
Read MoreActions and Emotions
In a recent Psychology Today article, Dr. Noam Shpancer, professor of psychology at Otterbein College, discusses the relationship between actions and emotions. He asserts that our behaviors shape our emotions, contrary to the popular belief that actions result from our feelings. Dr. Shpancer cites the 1971 Stanford prison experiment as a prime example. In this…
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