Why do our eyes widen when afraid and narrow to slits when disgusted? Research findings by Cornell neuroscientist Adam Anderson suggest that human facial expressions arose from universal, adaptive reactions to environmental stimuli and not originally as social communication signals, lending support to Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theories on the evolution of emotion. Anderson is an…
Read MoreBBC Big Brother Programming?
The BBC Network is taking facial recognition marketing to a new level. They have employed the use of facial coding web cameras to gauge viewers’ emotional reactions to their network television shows. The initial study, reported on by Recombu.com, has been measuring 200 U.K. participants and will soon expand to international markets. Tracked programs include…
Read MoreHot Spot The Liar
The New York Times recently published an short article about people’s ability on recognize and interpret Hot Spots. Hot Spots are inconsistencies between what people say and what their non-verbals are displaying. An example of a hot spot would be, if you ask a person how they like your dress and they say “I love…
Read MoreYour Car May Soon Be Able to Tell When You Have Road Rage
The science fiction novels that many of us read as children are turning into science fact with our fast-paced technologically advancing world. A team of research scientists from the Swiss company EPFL has developed a system that allows cars to detect their driver’s emotional states. According to the company’s News Mediacom page, their aim is…
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