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Are eyes truly a mirror into a person’s soul? Connecting eye contact to social cognition

Eye contact is a powerful non-verbal communication tool that reveals key aspects of a person’s personality and helps humans connect and interact more easily. Yet, surprisingly, it has never been rigorously studied from a scientific perspective. The CORE lab is now conducting new research to measure the concrete effects of eye contact on human social cognition. Consult our blog article to learn more about this project.

Talk me through it: Using language analysis to understand the parents’ journey to support their gender-diverse children

To date, no research has explored gender-diverse individuals’ parents’ experiences in group therapies using automatic language analysis. We are currently conducting research on this topic with McGill University Sexual Identity Center (MUSIC). Consult our blog article to learn more about this project.

Experience is the best teacher: How social cues help us in future interactions

How does observing others’ gaze influence our future interactions? Our latest article explores the impact of visual attention on how we shape our social relationships in a complex world.

Do you like what you see? How gaze reveals our attitudes

Visual attention is essential in how we perceive the world around us. We recently published a new article on our blog that explores the influence of our attention on our perception of people and objects.

Who’s the Boss : How Leaders Attract our Attention

Have you ever thought about how leaders attract our attention? We have just published an article about this topic on our blog, which you can find at this link!