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Behavioral Health Experts Claim Head Movement While Speaking Indicator Whether Women Are Psychopathic
by Douglas Ankney
According to the authors of a study from the University of New Mexico, “[n]onverbal behaviors (i.e., head dynamics) represent an important, yet understudied, form of communication that may enhance our ability to detect certain forms of psychopathology, including psychopathy.” A research team used an automated detection algorithm ...
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