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UvA honorary doctorates for Liesbet Geris, Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter
The University of Amsterdam is awarding honorary doctorates to ‘Virtual Human Twin’ researcher Liesbet Geris, filmmaker/visual artist Steve McQueen and historian/writer/filmmaker Bianca Stigter.
The way you smile on LinkedIn, a dating platform, or in your passport photo reveals more about your personality than you might think. Research by social psychologist Zak Witkower shows that we can accurately estimate key character traits of others based on how they smile in their photograph.
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