By Guest Blogger Liespy *Liespy is a regular contributor to David Matsumoto’s blog. She honed her deception detecting skills as a fraud investigator for the insurance industry and employs these skills to analyze the world at large. It depends on the type of lie. “White lies” are considered innocent: we don’t see them as causing…
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By Guest Blogger Liespy *Liespy is a regular contributor to David Matsumoto’s blog. She honed her deception detecting skills as a fraud investigator for the insurance industry and employs these skills to analyze the world at large. We’ve blogged about how learning to read facial microexpressions of emotion can help you see hot spots. If…
Read MoreSo You Want to Be An Expert (part 3 of 3)?
Take Home Points for Step 1 and Step 2 We covered Step 1 and Step 2 in the previous blogs. Let’s review the take home points. Step 1: since the face conveys lots of information, you want to learn what to look for given your specific interest or profession and what you should ignore. This…
Read MoreSo You Want to Be An Expert (part 2 of 3)?
In the previous blog (So You Want to Be An Expert part 1) we talked a bit more about why study the face, we reviewed macro-, micro- and subtle expression and we covered Step 1: Learning What to Look For. The take home point for Step 1: since the face conveys lots of information, you…
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