A few weeks ago, we posted an article about the hapless kombucha drinker whose disgust facial expressions went viral. This week, we get the benefit of Humintell’s own Dr. David Matsumoto’s insight into the details of her expressions. After trying kombucha, the video’s subject, Brittany Tomlinson, cycles through a rapid sequence of vivid facial expressions,…
Read MoreA Fear Response Can Have Some Unexpected Benefits
Most of us would just as soon not be afraid, but our natural fear response can have some unexpected benefits. This point is made salient by recent scientific efforts to program fear responses into artificial intelligence. While this might seem like an odd thing to do, programmers saw this as a helpful component to teaching…
Read MoreFacial Expressions Shape Professional Evaluations
We know that facial expressions hugely shape social interactions, but they also shape professional evaluations, as well. A recent blog by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) critically examines the extant research on the connection between nonverbal behavior and professional evaluations. This article seeks to summarize the role that facial features, such as facial hair,…
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