Just Breathe: The Connection Between Exercise and Emotional Competence

What is emotional competence and how does it differ from emotional intelligence? Carolee Walker speaks with Humintell Director Dr. David Matsumoto on the connection between exercise and emotional competence for The Huffington Post. Carolee Walker: What is emotional competence? And how does it differ from emotional intelligence? David Matsumoto: I call it emotional competence but you…

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6 Incredible Skills You Were Born With

By Jacqueline Howard written for Huffington Post  As scientists learn more about human nature, they’ve made some remarkable discoveries about skills and traits that we may be born with. 1. The ability to teach A new study published last month in the journal Royal Society Open Science suggests that the ability to teach — whether…

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Julie Harper: Is this Genuine Sadness?

Julie Harper admitted to fatally shooting her husband, Jason Harper, in their North County home on Aug. 7, 2012, but claims she did it in self-defense, alleging that she feared Jason would kill or rape her. Harper took the stand in her own defense and described the day she shot and killed her husband. Take…

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Detecting Deception

By Laura Zimmerman, March 2016, Vol 47, No. 3, Print version: page 46 Research has consistently shown that people’s ability to detect lies is no more accurate than chance, or flipping a coin. This finding holds across all types of people — students, psychologists, judges, job interviewers and law enforcement personnel (Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2006).…

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