Welcome...
Who is "Eyes for Lies"?
Disclaimer
Eyes for Lies is one of the
real "naturals" as depicted on "Lie to Me"
"Eyes for Lies" is a
woman with a unique ability to discern lies from the truth. Did you know this
ability is rare? After studying deception for several decades,
scientists have tested more than 15,000 people (including psychologists, CIA,
FBI, Secret Service, arbitrators, judges, attorneys, police), and only identified 50 people
who can discern lies from the truth with great accuracy. Scientists
call these human lie detectors "wizards of deception detection", "truth
wizards", or "detection wizards". Eyes for Lies is a wizard.
"A wizard...a sage...a
person of amazing skill
or accomplishment" (source)
Popular Mechanics talks about Truth Wizards, known as "naturals" and
the new TV show on FOX, "Lie
to Me":
"A very small percentage of people
(less than 1%, according to Dr. Paul Ekman) are natural lie detectors who can detect
microexpressions and lies without being trained. The show takes this into
account in the form of character Ria Torres, a "natural" whom Lightman
[the character based on Ekman] recruits
from the TSA in the show's pilot episode. In reality, Ekman
does bring naturals–-he likes to call them 'wizards of deception detection'–-with
him when he reviews tapes of investigation subjects."
Ekman says on
NPR, "We've...found
50 [people] who have this really nearly perfect ability to spot liars, and that’s
without any specialized training.
We're still trying to find out how in the world did they learn this skill?
Are they the sort of Mozarts of lie detection; they just had it?"
Scientists
have been studying wizards to further their understanding of deception detection.
"'We hope that by studying our wizards, we’ll learn more about the kinds of
behaviors and ways of thinking and talking that can betray a liar to an
experienced interviewer,' says Dr. Maureen O'Sullivan (source)."
"Some of them use the demeanor and vocal clues...but others base their judgments
on behaviors and word usage that no researcher has previously identified,
O'Sullivan explains (source)".
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"No technology has come close
to delivering the accuracy of the wizards."
(Institute of Engineering and Technology
article and
NPR interview)
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Did you know?
- When you give someone a fake smile, you don't use the same
muscles as when you sincerely smile from genuine happiness.
- When you conceal anger (or any strong emotion), chances are your face will
leak out that information in a split-second micro-burst called a microexpression. It's just
that few people see them.
- "We all look the same when we lie. (Fox)" We all make the same microexpressions and they mean the same thing in everyone.
Check out Fox's
promo about their latest drama series called "Lie to Me" which is based
loosely on
the life and work of Dr. Paul Ekman.
- "Some of the muscles involved in facial expressions are not
under conscious control," says Dr. O'Sullivan. That
means your face makes expressions when you aren't even aware of it!
These are just a few of the clues Eyes for Lies innately uses to spot deception.
Eyes
for Lies
has not been trained in deception detection nor has she studied or worked
in any related field. She didn't even know she had this ability
until 2006, and ironically, she never had an interest in the subject prior to learning about wizards. Hence, she believes she comes by this ability naturally. Did
you know there are only four people identified in the study who don't work
in a field related to deception? It's true.
Eyes for Lies Writes a
BLOG
 Eyes
for Lies writes about current topics in the news, where she points out whom
she trusts and whom she doesn't. Below are are topics and links from her blog. When you click on
the links below, you will be taken directly to her blog. To see the
most current post, click here.
A Few Blog Posts of Interest:
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