This is because interviewers can be distracted by unusual facial features and recall less information about job candidates, according to the investigators at Rice University and the University of Houston."When evaluating applicants in an interview setting, it's important to remember what they are saying," Mikki Hebl, a psychology professor at Rice University, said in a university news release. "Our research shows if you recall less information about competent candidates because you are distracted by characteristics on their face, it decreases your overall evaluations of them."One experiment involved >>>

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McCubbin said some people have what he calls “emotional dampening,” which could lead them to respond inappropriately to anger or other emotions in other people.“For example, if your work supervisor is angry, you may mistakenly believe that he or she is just kidding,” McCubbin said. “This can lead to miscommunication, poor job performance and increased psychological distress.”The link between emotional dampening and high blood pressure is thought to be tied to the development of hypertension and the risk of coronary heart disease, the biggest killer of men and women in the U.S.McCubbin’s >>>