How to Distinguish Real Pain Expressions From Deceptive Ones

Sometimes it may be necessary to learn how to distinguish real pain expressions from deceptive ones. Not only does this aid in deception detection, but it can also help further our understanding of the pain expression, itself! In order to address this question, a team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego, and…

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Recognizing Signs of Pain in Others can be Tricky

It seems like a pretty straightforward question, but recognizing signs of pain in other people can be tricky. Not only is this an interesting intellectual question, but the ability to recognize pain can literally have life or death consequences. Many doctors are tasked with diagnosing a problem based only on the expression of pain by…

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Pain and it’s Similarities with other Basic Emotions

We have written a great deal about recognizing basic emotions, but what about pain? Certainly, pain has many similarities with other basic emotions, given its deep evolutionary basis and the universal nature of the pain experience. However, further attention must be paid to how we recognize expressions of pain as opposed to those of other…

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Cultural Interview Lessons From the Road

Republished with permission from WZ By Chris Norris, CFI The WZ Non-Confrontational Interview method has been a part of my career for over 28 years now, and I’m happy to say that I’ve been working for WZ for 19 years. Through the years much has changed for both myself and WZ. One of the biggest…

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