Body Language + Baselines = Negotiation Success

Andrew Boughton, a managing partner of Edge Negotiation Group and Humintell’s affiliate, spoke with Psychology Today and broke down the main points of being a successful negotiator. Boughton also wrote a chapter in Dr. Matsumoto’s latest book; Nonverbal Communication: Science and Applications. In Boughton’s chapter as well as in his other work, he discusses how paying…

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Brain Games: Seeing is Believing

Test your brain skills: Try reading the paragraph below Even the sharpest mind can be fooled. There are certain things that the the average reader will overlook. Even if you are paying extra attention, you you may not notice simple mistakes. Still can’t figure it out?  Try reading it out loud.

Digital Deception

With smartphones dominating social interaction, texting has become a new way of communicating and for the younger generation it is pretty much the only way of communicating.  Phone conversations are a thing of the past and quick, witty vernacular via texting has taken over communication. But, can we really believe everything that is texted to…

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Genuine Sadness or Posed Grief?

A jury found Andrea Sneiderman guilty August 19th of nine out of 13 charges in connection with her husband’s 2010 murder. Before the judge sentenced her, she tearfully asked him for leniency for the sake of her children. Watch the video below. Do you think she displays genuine sadness or is posing her grief? Do…

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