University of Utah researchers have developed a new tool that could potentially detect when someone is lying. The technology, called Ocular Motor Deception Detection software, or OMDD, is a retinal scanning device that is not intended to replace the polygraph machine, but would be used to supplement or provide an alternative method. OMDD was recently…
Read MoreTruth Detectors: Can You Spot the Truth?
Do you trust that most people are honest? A new study suggests that trusting people often make better lie detectors than cynical people. The study, published by SAGE and posted on the Science Daily website, insists that trusting people are not gullible but in fact very smart. Researchers asked 20 participants to watch taped job…
Read MoreIs Bluffing the Key to Understanding Mental Illness?
MIT’s Technology Review recently wrote an article about a recent study published in the PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.) In this study, researchers found that it is possible to detect unique brain signatures amongst people who are successful bluffers. Dr. Read Montague, professor and computational neuroscientist at the Baylor College of Medicine,…
Read MoreDetermining Mental State from Tone of Voice Part 1
In a recent study done by the University of Arizona, researchers discovered that just 30 seconds of speaking with a complete stranger could reveal how well they were coping with their emotions. The study entitled “Thin-Slicing Divorce: Thirty Seconds of Information Predict Changes in Psychological Adjustment Over 90 Days” was recently published in The Journal…
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