Nonverbal Communication
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Humans produce about 50 distinct types of smiles but there’s one distinction that really matters: between real and fake. If we can tell the people who are showing what they’re feeling from the people who are faking it, then we’ve got a really good indicator of who to trust and work with. View the original [...]
Experiments Cast Doubt on the Classic Marker of a Genuine Smile
Friday, August 27th, 2010For years psychologists have thought that a real smile, which reflects felt, positive emotion, is signalled by upturned lips and crinkly eyes. This genuine smile is named after the French physician Duchenne, who passed electrical currents through live subjects and took photos of their weirdly contorted faces. Oddly enough when some people try to fake [...]
How Do Culturally Different People Interpret Nonverbal Communication?
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Let’s say that you’re traveling to a country where you don’t speak the language. You didn’t have time to pick up a dictionary or a book of common phrases, so you’ll have to get around using only hand gestures. At a restaurant, you try to indicate which dishes you’d like by nodding or giving the [...]
Don't Stand So Close to Me: Body-Language Moves to Avoid
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Our body language exhibits far more information about how we feel than it’s possible to articulate verbally. All of the physical gestures we make are subconsciously interpreted by others. This can work for or against us depending on the kind of body language we use. Some gestures project a very positive message, while others do [...]
To Scientists, Laughter Is No Joke — It’s Serious
Monday, August 23rd, 2010There’s no punchline. Laughter is a serious scientific subject, one that researchers are still trying to figure out. Laughing is primal, our first way of communicating. Apes laugh. So do dogs and rats. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches you how to laugh. You just do. And often you laugh involuntarily, in [...]
A Facial Expression Is Worth a Thousand Words
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Communication is a central aspect of everyday life, a fact that is reflected in the wide variety of ways that people exchange information, not only with words, but also using their face and body. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, found out that we are able to recognize facial [...]
How to Read People and Get Better Results from Others
Friday, July 30th, 2010Interview with Maura Schreier-Fleming, AllBusiness’s Women in Business Advisor. View the original here.
New Study: Face Facts–People Don't Stand out in a Crowd
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Why is it difficult to pick out even a familiar face in a crowd? We all experience this, but the phenomenon has been poorly understood until now. The results of a recent study may have implications for individuals with face-recognition disorders and visual-attention related ailments–and eventually could help scientists develop an artificial visual system that [...]
Face Recognition Varies by Culture
Thursday, July 8th, 2010The way people recognize faces might say a lot about what culture they come from, scientists now reveal. These new findings may reflect a Western focus on the individual and an Eastern leaning toward the group. View the original here.
Primer on Body Language
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Download this PDF file It has been shown you have about 20 seconds to make a good impression. You then have 5 minutes to prove yourself, and After that you may be tuned out.
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