Microexpressions: More Than Meets the Eye
23:10 minutes
David Matsumoto, a psychology professor at San Francisco State University, trains national security officials and police officers to recognize “microexpressions”—fleeting, split-second flashes of emotion across someone’s face. Matsumoto says those subtle cues may reveal how an interview subject is feeling and help officials to hone their line of questioning.
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David Matsumoto
David Matsumoto is director of Humintell and a psychology professor at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California.
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