Lie Detection Training
I began this blog because I am fascinated with super heroes. I wanted to give people tools to make them physically superior to other human beings. I have shown you products to make that simply make you better by making you you stronger, faster, and more explosive. Now being a super hero is not only about being physically superior, it is also about being more sensitive about your surroundings. It’s about seeing things that aren’t evident to the normal human being Spiderman has his super “spider sense” that warns him that he is in danger.
Communication is more than 80% non verbal, that means that in a conversation you are missing out on 80% of what the other person is trying to tell you. Interpreting facial and body gestures is a key tool to knowing exactly what a person is feeling. Verbal communication is a conscious act which can be manipulated into false statements or what we call lying. Micro-expressions, on the other hand, are unconscious and are always sincere.
We are all liars, our society demands that we lie in order to avoid hurting other people. If you have ever seen the movie “The Invention of Lying”, you will agree that it would suck to live in a world were no one could lie. But lies can also be hurtful, and if it would be great if we learned how to detect them.
Watch this TED Talk by Pamela Meyer
Dr. Paul Ekman has been studying Micro-Expressions an body language for over 40 years. He was a consultant for the hit series “Lie to Me” (maybe it wasn’t much of a hit considered it got canceled) featuring Tim Roth. Dr Ekman has created a cool lie detection training software called METT (Micro Expression Training Tool) which trains you in detecting micro expressions.
He also has a couple of books on the subject that you can buy from Amazon.
I’ve been surprised by a lot of things I have learned for these books. Here are a few of them:
1. Liars usually don’t say, ” I didn’t do it.”
2. Liars try to convince instead of convey.
3. Attacking questioner.
4. Build credibility through repetition.
5. Refusal to answer.
6. Inappropiate level of politeness
7.Use of perception qualifiers like “pretty”, “frankly”
8. Shifts in blink rate
9. Saying yes while nodding no, or vice versa.
10. Weak denials.
If you want to test yourself here is a cool slide show from the Huffington Post.
You should check this website out as well:
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