Spotting Lies: A How to Guide

Experts are not good at detecting deception according to the The Huffington Post and new research conducted by Professor of Applied Social Psychology, Aldert Vrij. Dr. Vrij reveals that with an average accuracy rate of 56.6%, lies go undetected more than 1/3 of the time! His latest research suggests that even trained professionals such as…

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Paramount Learning Systems

Paramount Learning Systems Inc. provides sales training and leadership coaching to businesses of all sizes in both Canada and the USA. They work with leading organizations to improve the communication skills of their client focused teams with topics devoted to nonverbal communication, deception detection, facial expressions, body language, as well as HR Consulting. Eliot Hoppe,…

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Truth Tellers and Liars

In a past blog, A Look at the Truth, Humintell reported on distinguishing features of truth tellers & liars.  Following are remarks from the original blog as well as videos that illustrate the importance of microexpressions and nonverbal behavior. Dr. Matsumoto has stated that it is equally important  to determine truthfulness when trying to detect…

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Emotions Rooted in our Brain

Why is it that there always seems to be that one person who seems to be happy no matter what is happening around them?  It can be refreshing, but at times it can also be down right annoying. Why can some people see the silver lining 95% of the time?  According to Forbes new research…

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