Common wisdom has it that ‘seeing is believing’, but latest research suggests that believing is seeing, too – at least when it comes to perceiving other people’s emotions.
The newly published study, carried out by an international team of psychologists has implications for areas ranging from everyday misunderstandings to social anxiety and eyewitness memory. [continue reading…]
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For emotional eaters, food is a best friend, there to boost spirits, calm stress and alleviate boredom.
But according to the August issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource, emotional eating often leads to eating too much, especially high-calorie, sweet, salty and fatty foods. Women are especially prone to emotional eating — and then feel guiltier and less healthy than men do after snacking on “forbidden” foods. [continue reading…]
Louis Armstrong sang, “When you’re smilin’, the whole world smiles with you.” Romantics everywhere may be surprised to learn that psychological research has proven this sentiment to be true — merely seeing a smile (or a frown, for that matter) will activate the muscles in our face that make that expression, even if we are unaware of it. Now, according to a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, simply reading certain words may also have the same effect. [continue reading…]
Jules – as the androgynous head has been named – can detect and replicate ten emotions including happiness, sadness and concern.
The technology will help create a new generation of lifelike robots capable of convincing interaction with humans. Link to continue reading
Source: The Telegraph
