Swimmer Alia Atkinson shows a great expression of surprise after she claims gold in the women’s 100m breaststroke at the 2014 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Qatar. The win made Atkinson the first black female swimmer to claim the world title. Congratulations!
A Hopeful Embrace
A moment capturing a police officer and young demonstrator during a Ferguson rally in Portland has garnered national attention and has become and ‘icon of hope’. As the Oregon Live reported: “As thousands gathered to make their voices heard during a rally earlier this week, one officer and a young man paused to hear each…
Read MoreUsing and Understanding Nonverbal Communication
Originally published on Psychology Today by Jeff Thompson, a Ph.D. candidate researching nonverbal communication and mediation at Griffith University Law School. As someone currently researching nonverbal communication, I have happily (yes- happily!) read many books, journal articles, magazine articles, and blog postings in regards to this broad subject. The new book by David Matsumoto, Mark…
Read MoreIncongruous Emotional Displays and Self Regulation
Giggling at a funeral. Bawling at a wedding. These are both examples of incongruous emotional displays that are sometimes thought of as a little inappropriate. But are these behaviors just embarrassing slip ups? What psychological purpose could they serve? Dr. Oriana Aragon of Yale University and her colleagues suspected that such displays might actually play an important…
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