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Behaviour Analysis

Insider Threat – behavior change is key when colleagues are up to no good

A recent article from the Aviation Security sector highlighted the fact that passenger screening technology alone is not enough to handle those with malintent as often crime or terrorism is facilitated by an insider – a pilot, a baggage handler, etc. The article argues that: “Last December, two men were arrested and charged with operating a […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Multi-channel behavior detection is core to our safety and security.

Having just spent another week with our Emotional Intelligence Academy team and an integrated group of intelligence and security agency professionals in Europe (as part of a 2-year initiative) I am warmed by the commitment and dedication to the common agenda of public/national safety and security around international airports. I was also interested to see […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Lie detection is about multiple channel scanning and skilful engagement – research article

EIA’s Peer reviewed research into multi-channel analysis in high stake contexts has been published in the Corpora Journal. Link and Extract: Archer, D.E. & Lansley, C.A.. 2015. Public appeals, news interviews and crocodile tears: an argument for multi-channel analysis. In this paper, we propose a Six Channel Analysis System (SCAnS) for the (semi-)automatic investigation of […]

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Emotional Intelligence

The Science of the Near Miss and Why Slot Machines are the Devil

A near miss is a special kind of failure, It feels a lot like a win. Think back to that time you rolled up that piece of paper and went for that almost impossible shot into your colleagues bin, or the time you were practicing a new dance move that you very nearly performed to […]

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Emotional Intelligence

Can Developing Emotional Skills Help Those with Autism?

Below is an an account from a delegate who attended our Emotional Skills and Competencies workshop. This delegate (who will remain nameless) talks about their experience of managing Aspergers, and the value of developing emotional skills. Letter begins: I would like to report on how thoroughly deep is the impact of the ESaC training on my […]

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Body Language

Do Chimps Smile Like Humans?

The findings from the University of Portsmouth suggest that chimpanzees’ communication is more similar to humans than was previously known. The research also found that chimpanzees are able to produce these smile types silently, without being constrained by the accompanying laughing sound, ScienceDaily reported. Lead researcher Marina Davila-Ross said… The researchers filmed 46 chimpanzees at […]

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Facial Expressions

Commercial PhD Studentship in Micro Facial Expressions Tool

EIA sponsors a Commercial Ph.D. project in partnership with the School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology with Emotional Intelligence Academy and Manchester Metropolitan University. This research project aims to develop a tool for Micro Facial Expressions analysis. The procedural approaches will be investigated to the best solution to extract Micro Facial Expressions by image […]

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Emotional Intelligence

Dr Livingston, I presume…

Presumption and assumption can be difficult to manage. We like to take shortcuts and get what we want quicker. We Presume and assume every day but when we are dealing with Emotional Intelligence, body language and Credibility, we really can’t afford to take short cuts. Many of us use the words presume and assume interchangeably, […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Give me a hand…

Our hands are one of the most expressive ways to communicate bar the face. The deaf often rely on a combination of hand gestures in the form of a sign-language and facial expression to add emphasis in the absence of the spoken word. When we replace verbal communication with a gesture it is often called […]

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Behaviour Analysis

Lip Service: Disgust, Contempt & Facial Expression Science

In the last post we spoke mostly about the upper face and how five of the seven universally displayed emotions have reliable displays around the eyes. This time we are going to look at the remaining 2 universals, Disgust and Contempt and their displays in the lower face, particularly around the mouth. Before we move […]

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Behaviour Analysis

And the Eyes have it.

I think that most of us would have heard the expressions “The eyes are the windows to the soul”, “that one had shift eyes”, or even, “He has the eyes of a killer!” Could this be because so much emotion is demonstrated by the eyes and surrounding areas? There is no doubt that eye contact […]

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Body Language

FACS for Body Language

Invitation to professionals working in the fields of emotional intelligence, body language and deception detection. We would just like to announce that we have been working on a taxonomy of Body Language for the last 18 months and will be launching the framework in the new year for testing if thats of any interest? It […]

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Deception

Deception in recruitment

The cost of not picking up deception in job applications can cost employers £4k-£6k per mistake Getting recruitment decisions right is essential at the best of times but in the face of economic uncertainty, it becomes even more critical. In this post-recession environment, the task of recruiting the best talent certainly presents some challenges for […]

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