16 July, 2018

Failure at the World Cup

by Humintell Admin
in Emotion, Gesture, Nonverbal Behavior /
2 Comments

All triumphant athletes look alike, but do all distraught and disappointed ones? In past blogs, we have noted frequent observations of the universal “triumphant” pose amongst victors in sports competitions, but sports reveal other universal poses as well. For instance, as David Gendelman writes for The New York Times, this summer’s World Cup helps showcase…

Read More
11 July, 2018

Political Facts or Deceptive Opinions?

by Humintell Admin
in Deception, Lying /
No Comments

It’s no surprise that deception and politics are intertwined, but are you the person to disentangle them? The Pew Research Center has issued that very challenge, though in the somewhat lighthearted context of an online quiz. This challenges readers to classify given statements as “factual” or simply “opinions,” but it’s harder than you would think!…

Read More
5 July, 2018

Expressing Control or Displaying Expression?

by Humintell Admin
in Cross Culture, Culture, Emotion, Facial Expressions, Science /
No Comments

When understanding how other cultures express emotions, it is almost as important to reflect on our own cultural norms as it is to recognize differing ones. This is essentially what Humintell’s Dr. David Matsumoto and his team find in a recent publication. Dr. Matsumoto studied the role that one’s own cultural norms and sense of…

Read More
28 June, 2018

Collective or Individual Culture?

by Humintell Admin
in Culture /
No Comments

It is almost a common sense view that people living in the United States are much more individualist than those in Japan, but this view may be deeply flawed. In a recent article in the Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Drs. Yohtaro Takano and Eiko Osaka contend that there is no solid evidence to support…

Read More