The Wizards Project was a research project conducted by Drs. Paul Ekman and Maureen O’Sulllivan, that studied the ability of people to detect lies. This research showed that for the average person, being able to detect deception is not an easy task. Most people can detect deceit only about 50% of the time, which is the statistical equivalent of…
Read MoreCognitive Deception Detection Skills
PoliceOne.com has reported on some intriguing deception detection techniques. Cognitive interviewing has now been used to detect possible deception when questioning suspects about crimes. According to this article and the Force Science Institute, there are two extremely helpful techniques when trying to elicit deception when interviewing criminal suspects: 1. Asking a suspect to sketch one or more…
Read MoreFollow up: Searching for Microexpressions
If you read last week’s blog post on convicted murder Skylar Deleon, you would have seen a lot of disgust microexpressions throughout the interview with Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz. Deleon, who often speaks with a soft voice, can’t seem to mask his feeling of repulsiveness. Many of the readers who watched the video spotted these various microexpressions right…
Read MoreThe New Face of Technology is Yours?
Gamers everywhere are in awe of the technological revolution in facial expression recognition that has transformed the internet video gaming world. We’ve come a long way from the days of the iconic Super Mario Bros. The introduction of SEOmote has put the “gaming experience” on a whole new level! It reads your facial expressions and maps…
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