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You Aren’t at the Mercy of Your Emotions – Your Brain Creates Them
January 21, 2018
Can you look at someone's face and know what they're feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sadness and anxiety the same way? What are emotions anyway? For the past 25 years, psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett has mapped facial expressions, scanned brains and analyzed hundreds of physiology studies to understand what emotions really are. She shares the results of her exhaustive research -- and explains how we may have more control over our emotions than we think.
January 21, 2018
Can you look at someone's face and know what they're feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sadness and anxiety the same way? What are emotions anyway? For the past 25 years, psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett has mapped facial expressions, scanned brains and analyzed hundreds of physiology studies to understand what emotions really are. She shares the results of her exhaustive research -- and explains how we may have more control over our emotions than we think.
How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Manipulate Our Emotions
January 20, 2018
The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these...
January 20, 2018
The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these...
Introducing NIMA: Neural Image Assessment
January 20, 2018
Quantification of image quality and aesthetics has been a long-standing problem in image processing and computer vision....
January 20, 2018
Quantification of image quality and aesthetics has been a long-standing problem in image processing and computer vision....
Playing with the Data: What Legal Scholars Should Learn About Machine Learning
January 19, 2018
Legal scholars have begun to focus intently on machine learning — the name for a large family of techniques used for sophisticated new forms of data analysis that are becoming key tools of prediction and decision-making. We think this burgeoning scholarship has tended to treat machine learning too much as a monolith and an abstraction, largely ignoring some of its most consequential stages. As a result, many potential harms and benefits of automated decision-making have not yet been articulated,...
January 19, 2018
Legal scholars have begun to focus intently on machine learning — the name for a large family of techniques used for sophisticated new forms of data analysis that are becoming key tools of prediction and decision-making. We think this burgeoning scholarship has tended to treat machine learning too much as a monolith and an abstraction, largely ignoring some of its most consequential stages. As a result, many potential harms and benefits of automated decision-making have not yet been articulated,...
How to Become Better at Conversations
January 19, 2018
There are many ways to start a conversation and keep it going. Ask open-ended questions, not questions that can be answered with a yes or no. Asking how or why should get a more extended response than a when. Depending on how you word a what question you may get a longer answer. Ask purposeful questions. What are their goals? What do they want to accomplish? What drives them to do what they do? What did they do in the past and if it’s something different than what they do now, why the change? ...
January 19, 2018
There are many ways to start a conversation and keep it going. Ask open-ended questions, not questions that can be answered with a yes or no. Asking how or why should get a more extended response than a when. Depending on how you word a what question you may get a longer answer. Ask purposeful questions. What are their goals? What do they want to accomplish? What drives them to do what they do? What did they do in the past and if it’s something different than what they do now, why the change? ...
Upcoming Changes To Texas Family Code
January 18, 2018
From Texas Lawyer (Law.com): Now is the time for family lawyers and their clients to begin preparing for several revisions to the Texas Family Code that are set to take effect in 2018. The biggest, most-scrutinized change involves how courts will handle child support, which is almost always a big point of contention. In nearly every family law case, the noncustodial parent, or “obligor,” feels like they are paying too much child support, while the custodial parent, or “obligee,” believes...
January 18, 2018
From Texas Lawyer (Law.com): Now is the time for family lawyers and their clients to begin preparing for several revisions to the Texas Family Code that are set to take effect in 2018. The biggest, most-scrutinized change involves how courts will handle child support, which is almost always a big point of contention. In nearly every family law case, the noncustodial parent, or “obligor,” feels like they are paying too much child support, while the custodial parent, or “obligee,” believes...
Ninth Circuit Addresses Circuit Split Regarding Arbitral Discovery
January 18, 2018
The Ninth Circuit recently discussed a circuit split in the context of subpoena powers and discovery under the FAA in the case of CVS Health Corporation v. Vividus, LLC, No. 16-16187 (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2017) (click here for a copy of the decision). Section 7 of the FAA generally grants arbitrators the authority to subpoena witnesses for a hearing, including the bringing of relevant documents to the hearing, and if a witness refuses to honor the subpoena, a district court has authority to enforce...
January 18, 2018
The Ninth Circuit recently discussed a circuit split in the context of subpoena powers and discovery under the FAA in the case of CVS Health Corporation v. Vividus, LLC, No. 16-16187 (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2017) (click here for a copy of the decision). Section 7 of the FAA generally grants arbitrators the authority to subpoena witnesses for a hearing, including the bringing of relevant documents to the hearing, and if a witness refuses to honor the subpoena, a district court has authority to enforce...
Crowdsourcing Predictions of Supreme Court Decisions
January 17, 2018
Daniel Martin Katz (Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law; Stanford CodeX - The Center for Legal Informatics), Michael...
January 17, 2018
Daniel Martin Katz (Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law; Stanford CodeX - The Center for Legal Informatics), Michael...
Ninth Circuit Limits the FAA in a Case with Potentially Far-Reaching Implications
January 17, 2018
“Sign this contact, which contains an arbitration clause, and pay up, or you’re going to jail!” Consumers in California faced this situation, which was addressed by the Ninth Circuit this week in a case called Breazeale v. Victim Services, Inc., No. 15-16549 (9th Cir. Dec. 27, 2017) (click here for a copy of the opinion). I was involved as an amicus in this case. The defendants were basically collections agencies working together with local district attorneys to help administer a deferred...
January 17, 2018
“Sign this contact, which contains an arbitration clause, and pay up, or you’re going to jail!” Consumers in California faced this situation, which was addressed by the Ninth Circuit this week in a case called Breazeale v. Victim Services, Inc., No. 15-16549 (9th Cir. Dec. 27, 2017) (click here for a copy of the opinion). I was involved as an amicus in this case. The defendants were basically collections agencies working together with local district attorneys to help administer a deferred...
Nonverbal Communication Can Speak Louder Than Words
January 16, 2018
There are many issues to be aware of when it comes to nonverbal communication. They are things you should focus on when you speak and be mindful of when the other side is telling their side of the story, according to an article in Lifehack. Hand movements: Rubbing one’s face or head can be interpreted as a sign of anxiety and putting your hands over your mouth or eyes may be an indication you’re hiding something or lying. Nail biting or fidgeting with hair is a sign of possible nervousness...
January 16, 2018
There are many issues to be aware of when it comes to nonverbal communication. They are things you should focus on when you speak and be mindful of when the other side is telling their side of the story, according to an article in Lifehack. Hand movements: Rubbing one’s face or head can be interpreted as a sign of anxiety and putting your hands over your mouth or eyes may be an indication you’re hiding something or lying. Nail biting or fidgeting with hair is a sign of possible nervousness...
