|
Emotions
| |
Men look at face, women look down there |
 ... where amygdalia brain section was examined, gender differences were prominently seen. Men showed increased brain activity in amygdalia viewing sexual stimuli. As amygdalia is known to deal with our emotions, there can be a link between this part of the brain and men's reaction to faces.
Powered by www.infoniac.com
... |
| |
read more » |
| |
Spain Workers Smashed Madrid Hotel to Relieve Stress |
 ...ng stressfulness of their lives before the wrecking team was assembled.
But first, 100 finalists had to perform a psychological test, where they had a chance to give an outlet to their negative emotions and beat the life-size puppet of a boss.
The destruction event of one of the old parts of the Madrid hotels attracted a great number of photographers and journalists. Free to do nearly anything, volunteers soon b... |
| |
read more » |
| |
Next Generation Games to be Controlled by Your Emotions |
 ...Moving the objects in a game with your thoughts only may not be a dream anymore. Emotiv Systems' technology takes a huge step to create a software that will use emotions and thoughts turning them into game moves.
Computer interface experts are the first to change the way computer and people interact. The founders of Emotiv Systems claim they designed innovative interface that interprets human thoughts, expressions and ... |
| |
read more » |
| |
Bad Memories Can Be Suppressed If Only You Really Want It |
 ...ighly emotional and stressful ones are easy to forget if you simply decide to do so.
Researchers from University of Colorado at Boulder studied the mechanism of pushing aside memories on negative emotions to develop a therapy helping people suffering from post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and various fears. Several experiments were conducted while participants were learned to suppress their negative memories.... |
| |
read more » |
| |
A New Game to Make Your Face Look Happier |
 ... recommends to exercise "facening" at least 15 minutes.
The game was released in Japan last week and is expected to be a huge success which is explained by the fact that game addresses to people emotions. During the game, a player also can have fun making funny faces following the instructions of the voice that acts like a fitness instructor saying to open the month, drop the jaw or wink. Nintendo Wii game is expect... |
| |
read more » |
| |
Smiley emoticon marks 25 anniversary |
 ...or Fahlman used a colon followed by hyphen and a parenthesis to suggest the emoticon that could denote a joke.
Later, the smiley became so popular that it became the most used emoticon to express emotions in electronic messages and e-mails. Language specialists consider the introduction of emoticons one of the greatest contributions in computer lexicon.
Professor Fahlman claimed to be the first to use the smiley-f... |
| |
read more » |
| |
77 Percent of Girls Consider Themselves Ugly |
 ...ed to mental health problems. And the fact that almost 90 percent of all girls were feeling depressed about their appearance and 76 percent of them having eating disorders as a way to handle negative emotions towards themselves is alarming.
Powered by www.infoniac.com
... |
| |
read more » |
| |
Robots to Become Our Shoulder to Cry on |
 ...son cries out in pain, the robot will alter its behavior and act more comforting. Otherwise, if a person cries out in happiness, the robot will react to give a positive feedback.
"We are focusing on emotions relevant to a baby robot that has to grow and help human with everyday life", coordinator of the project Dr. Lola Canamero said.
The project that started in 2007 involves six countries and 25 experts in robotics, de... |
| |
read more » |
|
|
TOP 10 NEWS
TOP USERS
Blogs
ARCHIVES
|
|
