Olympic Victory and Defeat, Frame by Frame

From NPR’s “Hidden Brain” It may sound trite, but the Olympic Games truly are a chance to witness what unites us all as human beings: Our joy in triumph and our anguish in defeat. David Matsumoto believes this truism, but on an entirely different level. Matsumoto is a professor of psychology at San Francisco State…

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Microexpressions on 9am with David & Kim

Humintell Director Dr. David Matsumoto discusses the topic of microexpressions with Australian morning show hosts David and Kim. Microexpressions are quick and fleeting facial expressions that are signs of concealed emotion.

Facial Expressions for those with Facial Paralysis

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G6ZR5lJgTI[/youtube] By Kathleen Bogart, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oregon State University Facial expressions are important parts of how we communicate and how we develop impressions of the people around us. In “The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals,” Charles Darwin proposed that facial expressions evolved to quickly communicate emotional states important to social survival.…

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In New Age Of Interrogations, Police Focus On Building Rapport (NPR)

NPR’s Kelly McEvers talks with investigative journalist Robert Kolker, whose article in Wired explores the new police interrogation technique called rapport-building.