[QUOTE=Leozinho;531547]My understanding is that this chart has more or less been discredited. (I'm not an expert. I've just sat through some classes and been told to forget some of the popular notions about detecting lies, including the looking in certain directions, etc.)/QUOTE]
Yes to a point, from my understanding it is more in the professional fields. They people that need to lie, and if caught, interviewed, integrated, etc most know this. In my personal experiences, it works, but you must get a baseline from the subject. Culture plays into a lot of this body language stuff.
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Originally Posted by Leozinho
I've had training in reading "microexpressions," which are quick (as short at 1/16th of a second) facial movements that portray seven universal human emotions. (Anger, deception, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, surprise)
The training was based on the work of Paul Ekman, PhD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ekman
The idea is that even when a subject is trying to deceive you, he may subconsciously perform a micro-expression that belies one of those seven emotions, and that in turn may indicate a 'hot spot' or possible deception.
There are some web based training programs that let you practice spotting the micro-expressions. www.humintell.com is the one I have experience with. You do need to practice recognizing these microexpressions. You aren't likely to pick up these without some formal study.
Ekman has a few books out. That might be a good place to start if this interests you.
These seven emotions are supposed to cross cultural lines, and reading microexpressions should work with any culture. |
I have never heard of him, but what I Googled and viewed on YouTube I liked. I saved two video of him. Thanks.