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Talk to the virtual hands

Body language of both speaker and listener affects success in virtual reality communication game.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Misreading faces tied to child social anxiety

Children suffering from extreme social anxiety are trapped in a nightmare of misinterpreted facial expressions: They confuse angry faces with sad ones, a new Emory University study shows.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rich man, poor man: study shows body language can indicate socioeconomic status

A new study in Psychological Science reveals that nonverbal cues can give away a person's socioeconomic status (SES). Volunteers whose parents were from upper SES backgrounds displayed more disengagement-related behaviors compar ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 8

'Mal-intent' may be the future of security

If Bob Burns is correct, terrorists may betray themselves someday by jiggling on a Nintendo Wii balance board, blinking too fast, curling a lip like Elvis -- or doing nothing at all. Burns and his team of scientists are researching ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6

Virtual humans appear to influence ethical decisions in gender-specific ways

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual humans are increasingly taking on roles that were once reserved for real humans. A study by researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue ...

Technology / Other

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nonverbal communication of race bias on TV influences viewers' own bias

Subtle patterns of nonverbal behavior that appear on popular television programs influence racial bias among viewers, according to research from Tufts University to appear in the December 18, 2009, issue of the journal Science.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Red card for faking footballers

A new study by Dr Paul Morris from the University of Portsmouth could help referees know when a top player has genuinely been fouled or taken a dive.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Let's get non-verbal, electronically

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a suite of tools to add non-verbal cues to email, phone calls, chats and other channels of electronic communication. It is fascinating work, and the real-world applications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Schizophrenic patients' frozen faces harm social interactions

Non-verbal communication, in the form of facial expressions, may be impaired in people with schizophrenia. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that defici ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0