June 2009

The way you hold your glass

Published: June 1, 2009

The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea………….. no no silly the way you hold your glass can reveal much more than you might realise, a psychologist has warned.
Dr. Glenn Wilson, a consultant psychologist, observed the body language of 500 drinkers and divided them into eight personality types.
These were the flirt, the gossip, fun lover, wallflower, the ice-queen, the playboy, Jack-the-lad and browbeater.
Dr Wilson, who carried out the work for the Walkabout bar chain, said glass hold “reflected the person you are”. Link to read more

Source: BBC

First live ‘cloning’ of faces challenges assumptions about human behaviour

Published: June 1, 2009

Computer scientists at the University of East Anglia have developed a new way of cloning facial expressions during live conversations to help us better understand what influences our behaviour when we communicate with others.

Published this month in the peer-reviewed journal Language & Speech, the new technique tracks in real time facial expressions and head movements during a video conference and maps these movements to models of faces – producing a ‘cloned’ face. [continue reading…]

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