Ep. 253 - The Doctor Is In Series - Understanding Human Behavior with Dr. David Matsumoto

Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.   In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are joined by Dr. David Matsumoto.  Dr. Matsumoto, Director of Humintell, is a world-renowned expert in the fields of emotion, nonverbal behavior, deception, and culture. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1981, double majoring in psychology and Japanese and receiving High Honors in both. He obtained his Masters (1983) and Doctoral (1986) degrees in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University (SFSU) since 1989, and is the Founder and Director of SFSU’s Culture and Emotion Research Laboratory.   Dr. Matsumoto is an expert in threat assessment and management, especially in relation to behavioral indicators of operational bad actors. He has conducted the only study to date of the cognitions, emotions, and behaviors of bad actors when they are actively engaged in an act of violence, and he has briefed the results of this work to several government agencies. He has also conducted decades of research on behavioral indicators related to deception about the intent to commit acts of malfeasance in the future, and the behavioral indicators that emerged from this work has been briefed to countless military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies and operators. [April 1, 2024]   00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro 01:16 - Intro Links -          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ -          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ -          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ -          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ -          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb -          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ -          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/                                 03:29 - Dr. David Matsumoto Intro 05:02 - The Topic of the Day: Emotion & Nonverbal Communication 05:29 - The Origins of Human Emotion 09:46 - Olympic-Level Study 17:00 - Strike a Pose 19:30 - Behavioral Indicators 25:01 - Emotional Buffer 25:42 - Data Sourcing 31:26 - In Context 32:51 - The Anonymous Factor 35:37 - The Human Factor 37:15 - New Book 37:58 - A Writers Obligation 41:46 - On A Mission 45:11 - Find Dr. Matsumoto Online -          Website: www.humintell.com -          X/Twitter: @davidmatsumoto -          LinkedIn: in/davidmatsumoto -          YouTube: @Humintell 46:00 - Wrap Up 46:29 - Next Month: Overworking 46:59 - Outro                                                                     -          www.social-engineer.com -          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org   Find us online: -          Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbiejmarono -          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maroño-phd-35ab2611a -          Instagram: @DoctorAbbieofficial -          Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanhacker -          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy