Eyes are an incredibly important part of emotional recognition, but what role do they have in allowing us to detect deception? While conventional opinion tends to hold that failure to maintain eye contact is a tell-tale sign of deception, this is actually just a pervasive myth. However, because eyes are so important in reading emotions,…
Read MoreEye Contact: How Long Is Too Long?
Written by Melinda Wenner Moyer for Scientific American There’s a reason your mother told you to look people in the eye when you talk to them: eye contact conveys important social cues. Yet when someone holds your gaze for more than a few seconds, the experience can take on a different tenor. New work elucidates the…
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LP Magazinehas reported on the misconceptions between eye movement and deception detection. They refer to a seminar by Humintell’s director Dr. Matsumoto at the Certified Forensic Interviewer Elite Training Day last November. The seminar focused on the difficulty in establishing deception or truth and the flaws most people commit when trying to do so. After…
Read MoreTelling a Lie: Top 3 Lie Myths
Most people have an idea of what a liar looks like. In this blog post, we debunk the 3 most common misconceptions about liars. 1. If someone isn’t looking you in the eye, they’re lying THE FACTS: Eye gaze is the biggest misconception about liars. A study was conducted by over 90 scientists who examined…
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