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11 July, 2017

Succeeding at Intercultural Communication

by David Matsumoto

in Cross Culture, Culture, Emotion /

How important is language in intercultural communication really? This may seem like a silly question, but in such a large and diverse world, the myriad of languages present particular challenges to jetsetters and tourists of all sorts. No matter how many languages you know, the intrepid world traveler can never be fluent in the language…

4 July, 2017

Deception as Human Nature Blog, Part II

by David Matsumoto

in Deception, Emotion, Lying /

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By Humintell Director Dr. David Matsumoto In this week’s blog, we continue last week’s discussion about deception as being a part of human nature. The words “deception” and “lying” most often conjure up negative, and sometimes pretty dark images. This is reflected in not only much academic and lay writing on the topic, but also…

27 June, 2017

Deception as Human Nature, Part I

by Humintell Admin

in Deception /

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Is lying part of our fundamental human nature? While we often like to think of lying as some sort of aberration from normal human behavior, the truth may be much less pleasant. An increasing number of studies are illustrating that lies and deception are not only ubiquitous in our everyday behavior but also serve a…

21 June, 2017

Cracking the Facial Recognition Code

by Humintell Admin

in Emotion, Facial Expressions /

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How do our brains recognize faces? This is an incredibly complex question, because the process of facial recognition is an almost miraculously instantaneous one. As discussed in a previous blog, we don’t need to make a careful study of somebody’s face to recognize them. Instead, we just know who someone is, which is really amazing,…