September132012
“[Researchers] discovered that four specific gestures predicted when a person was less trustworthy: leaning away from someone; crossing arms in a blocking fashion; touching, rubbing or grasping hands together; and touching oneself on the face, abdomen or elsewhere. These cues were not predictive by themselves; they predicted untrustworthiness only in combination.”

Clever experiment with robots lets researchers glean insight into what makes someone trustworthy, discovering four basic behavioral cues. 

Also see Pamela Meyer’s Liespotting.

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information that would have been useful a while ago psychology science and technology 

August32012
gjmueller: Resting After Learning Aids Memory A new study suggests that maybe all they really need to do to cement new learning is to sit and close their eyes for a few minutes. Psychological scientist Michaela Dewar, Ph.D.,  and her colleagues show that memory can be boosted by taking a brief wakeful rest after learning something verbally new. “Our findings support the view that the formation of new memories is not completed within seconds. Indeed, our work demonstrates that activities that we are engaged in for the first few minutes after learning new information really affect how well we remember this information after a week,” says Dewar. photo via flickr:CC | PatrickYHC

gjmueller:

Resting After Learning Aids Memory

A new study suggests that maybe all they really need to do to cement new learning is to sit and close their eyes for a few minutes. Psychological scientist Michaela Dewar, Ph.D.,  and her colleagues show that memory can be boosted by taking a brief wakeful rest after learning something verbally new.

“Our findings support the view that the formation of new memories is not completed within seconds. Indeed, our work demonstrates that activities that we are engaged in for the first few minutes after learning new information really affect how well we remember this information after a week,” says Dewar.

photo via flickr:CC | PatrickYHC

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memory education psychology rest 

July122012
“Proponents of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) claim that certain eye-movements are reliable indicators of lying. According to this notion, a person looking up to their right suggests a lie whereas looking up to their left is indicative of truth telling. Despite widespread belief in this claim, no previous research has examined its validity.”

The Eyes Don’t Have It: Lie Detection and Neuro-Linguistic Programming by Richard Wiseman et al.

They conducted 3 experiments finding no evidence to support the claim that certain eye-movements can be used to say if someone is lying.

This is in line with findings from a considerable amount of previous work showing that facial clues (including eye movements) are poor indicators of deception.

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psychology lie detector wish there were better ways to suss lies bc eyes definitely didnt give away the pile of BS i was being fed 

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