Humintell’s Evaluating Truthfulness Webinar

Many people are often curious to know what the next step is in detecting deception after they have gone through microexpression or subtle expression training. What are some of the nonverbal cues that people should look for? How can one improve on their ability to read people? Humintell is excited to announce their first-ever Evaluating…

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Lie to Me Season 2 Episode 8 “Secret Santa” Comments

With Cal Lightman in Afghanistan, it’s a great time to think about the science, and what has been validated scientifically and not. In reality, did you know that while there is a lot of data demonstrating the universality of facial expressions of emotion, there is no study published yet (at least that I know of)…

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Lie to Me Season 2 Episode 7 “Black Friday” Comments

In addition to how I abhor the bastardization of the science, I think I figured out another reason why this show has been viscerally difficult for me. Has anyone ever noticed how the Lightman Group is not really a group of scientists who aid law enforcement, but is a private group of individuals who take…

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Lie to Me Season 2 Episode 6 “Lack of Candor” Comments

So the last few weeks I have written about how I hate the bastardization of the science in the show, the arrogance of Cal Lightman and the implausibility of what happens. I have decided to stop ranting about the show in this blog and just talk about how cool the actual science is in real…

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