Tag Archives: communication

The Channels of Emotion: Not (Just) in the Face! (Study, in PsychYourMind)

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

“In this work, participants never speak to each other, and are brought into a large experiment room separated by a curtain. One of the participants is then asked to reach their hand onto the other side of the curtain. The … Continue reading →

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Online training: Helpers more effective when feedback style similar (Study, in MNT)

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

“A study from North Carolina State University shows that participants are happier – and perform better – when the electronic helpers used in online training programs resemble the participants themselves. […] “We know from existing research on human interaction that … Continue reading →

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The Illusion Of Insight: Couples Sometimes Communicate No Better Than Strangers (Study 2011; in ScienceDaily)

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

“”People commonly believe that they communicate better with close friends than with strangers. That closeness can lead people to overestimate how well they communicate, a phenomenon we term the ‘closeness-communication bias,’” said Boaz Keysar, a professor in psychology at the … Continue reading →

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