Emotions & the Human Body

Emotions connect us as human beings.  We can be influenced by someone else’s emotions and often tend to unconsciously mirror the emotions around us.  Past research has shown that different cultures express or suppress certain emotions according to their traditions. However, researchers in Finland, led by Lauri Nummenmaa of Aalto University’s School of Science in…

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Emotion Recognition

Emotient, one of the leading authorities in automated facial expression analysis, newest technology FACET received the Most Innovative Product award from CONNECT awards ceremony held on December 6, 2013. The annual MIP Awards is CONNECT’s largest and most prestigious event, attracting more than 700 of the region’s top business leaders, researchers and capital providers. The…

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Our Gestures Often Betray Us

Our gestures often betray us: As much as we try to disguise our intentions or feelings, we project microexpressions: involuntary movements of our face that reveal what we hold deep and try to hide at all costs . Fractions of a second beyond the human eye, but easily caught by cameras because technology is now able…

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Body Language + Baselines = Negotiation Success

Andrew Boughton, a managing partner of Edge Negotiation Group and Humintell’s affiliate, spoke with Psychology Today and broke down the main points of being a successful negotiator. Boughton also wrote a chapter in Dr. Matsumoto’s latest book; Nonverbal Communication: Science and Applications. In Boughton’s chapter as well as in his other work, he discusses how paying…

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