Exciting new research about microexpressions!

Although microexpressions are analogous to longer-lasting ones in many ways, it is in their differences that much of the latest exciting science dwells. Humintell’s Drs. David Matsumoto and Hyisung Hwang recently published an analysis of a major study, Shen et al. (2016), which sought to contrast fleeting microexpressions from those that lasted longer than 200…

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Nonverbal Behavior: Who Are The Landmarks in the Field?

We spend a great deal of time talking about Humintell’s work on nonverbal behavior, but it’s important to know that this is a wide and exciting field! In a recent paper in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, a pair of researchers sought to map out the major authors and major papers that have dominated the…

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How to Read Microexpressions and Improve Your Observation Skills

This special blog showcases an interview recently done with Humintell’s own Dr. David Matsumoto on how to read microexpressions and improve your observational skills. The online behavior lab, Science of People, asked him to delve into the question of how we can use observational skills to determine other people’s intent and to assess the possibility…

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Microexpressions Differentiate Truths from Lies about Future Malicious Intent

Finally! The first scientific evidence that microexpressions are a Key to telling if someone is lying! While there has been a general consensus that microexpressions play a significant role in deception detection for decades, in reality there had never been a research study published in a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that documented that claim. Until now.…

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