Computers with emotions (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge University film provides a glimpse of how robots and humans could interact in the future.
Computer Sciences
Dec 23, 2010
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News tagged with body posture
Researchers explain how tiny roundworms sense different kinds of touch
(PhysOrg.com) -- Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is the very long name of a very small creature, and one of the most commonly used animals in biological research.
Biotechnology
May 20, 2011
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Imitation promotes social bonding in primates
Imitation, the old saying goes, is the sincerest form of flattery. It also appears to be an ancient interpersonal mechanism that promotes social bonding and, presumably, sets the stage for relative strangers to coalesce ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2009
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When building rapport, sometimes less is more
Sometimes less is more, at least when it comes to building rapport during interviews. That's according to new research from the University of Georgia, which reveals that verbal interviewing techniques have a greater impact ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2021
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New method improves measurement of animal behavior using deep learning
A new toolkit goes beyond existing machine learning methods by measuring body posture in animals with high speed and accuracy. Developed by researchers from the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective behavior at the ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2019
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Horses can read our body language, even when they don't know us
Horses can tell the difference between dominant and submissive body postures in humans, even when the humans are not familiar to them, according to a new University of Sussex-led study.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2017
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Going through the political motions: The role of body language in opinion formation
A new research project analyses the importance of body motion in the formation of individual opinions about politicians. The aim of the project, which is funded by the FWF, is to identify movement patterns that play a key ...
Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2013
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Hummingbirds make flying backward look easy
Animals that move backwards usually require a lot of energy, so Nir Sapir from the University of California Berkeley, USA, was surprised when he realized that hummingbirds execute this maneuver routinely. Wondering how hummingbirds ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2012
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Study finds decomposition responsible for fossilised deformations
A two-man research team from Germany and Switzerland has discovered how the decomposition of dead dinosaurs triggered strange deformations of fossilised dinosaurs. The finding counters what most researchers believed, i.e. ...
Archaeology
Feb 21, 2012
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If you stand like Superman or Wonder Woman, would you feel stronger?
Dominant or upright postures can help people feel—and maybe even behave—more confidently. A new analysis by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), the University of Bamberg and The Ohio State University ...
Social Sciences
May 16, 2022
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