Duchenne Smiles

As you may probably know, there are 7 basic emotions: Anger, Contempt, Fear, Disgust, Happiness, Sadness and Surprise. But of these 7 basic emotions, there is only 1 enjoyable emotion, which is happiness. There are many different types of happiness including elation, euphoria, excitement, amusement, etc. However, research has shown that these enjoyable emotions are…

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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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Vegas Undercover: Dateline NBC

Recently, Dateline NBC featured a show called “Vegas Undercover” that featured criminals being caught in the act. Take a look at this video and see if you can decipher any discrepancies between their verbals and nonverbals such as micro or subtle expressions, or contradictory signs of nonverbal behavior. These types of shows are often good…

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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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