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Status affects how readily people return smiles, research reveals

Status affects how readily people return smiles, research reveals | Science News | Scoop.it
People who feel powerful are more likely to return smiles of those they see as low status, according to study...
Jade Waddy's curator insight, September 19, 2013 7:11 AM

Hmmm, Iike to think that I return smiles quite quickly rather than ignore people (you know who you are).

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[VIDEO] Is that smile real or fake?

Do you smile when you're frustrated? Most people think they don't — but they actually do, a new study from MIT has found. What's more, it turns out that computers programmed with the latest information from this research do a better job of differentiating smiles of delight and frustration than human observers do.


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Hidden Smiles and the Desire of a Conscious Machine

Hidden Smiles and the Desire of a Conscious Machine | Science News | Scoop.it

If a computer can predict that someone was feeling frustrated correctly while another human gets it wrong then surely the computer is in some way better at understanding the frustration of the subject?

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The Science Behind the Smile

The Science Behind the Smile | Science News | Scoop.it

Harvard psychology professor Daniel Gilbert is widely known for his 2006 best seller, Stumbling on Happiness. His work reveals, among other things, the systematic mistakes we all make in imagining how happy (or miserable) we’ll be. In this edited interview with HBR’s Gardiner Morse, Gilbert surveys the field of happiness research and explores its frontiers.

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