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Sometimes -- sometimes, mind you -- a person can learn valuable lessons from action movies. For instance, Sam Jackson informed us back in 1998 that a student of human behavior could tell whether or not somebody was lying by how he or she moved their eyes. Apparently, we weren't the only people listening. Researchers at the University of Utah are developing what they believe is the vanguard of lie-detection methods, and it suggests that, truly, the eyes are the window to the soul.Although the U. of U. psychologists have already licensed their invention to Credibility Assessment Technologies, they aren't ready to rest on their laurels. "They are as good as or better than the polygraph, and we are still in the early stages of this innovative new method," researcher John Kircher told PhysOrg. By tracking a subject's eyes rather than performing a polygraph test, researchers are reading the subject's cognitive, rather than emotional, reaction. This technology, we assume, could more accurately test those with mental or psychological problems that prevent emotional reactions, such as guilt or stress, to lying. We'll be following these developments closely -- if not investing in dark-colored glasses. [From: PhysOrg, via: Engadget]
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Subscribe to commentsflrulesdaworldJul 13th 2010 11:50PM
Probably because an MRI(I believe. I'm not a doctor so this isn't 100%) is an x-ray. To have constant x-rays being directed into your brain is asking for damage & lawsuits.
GESICCJul 14th 2010 9:46AM
Its not so bad. Especially if the crime is serious, I mean I wouldn't gear the thing up for a shop lifter... but even our professional liers could not fool it.
flrulesdaworldJul 13th 2010 11:46PM
Your writing is atrocious. Please refrain from using the internet to spam your hatred, ignorance, and make all aware of your lack of education. If you want to add a '...' as though you were speaking, the '!' would not go after you have paused. That would be like saying: "Arg...!" You have trailed off with your arg, but then somehow made it exclaimed.
mooneaglette2Jul 13th 2010 11:51PM
This is too funny, I knew about this for many years. I use this method to know when my husband is lying and yes it works 100%!!!! I have never been wrong when catching him in a lie by watching his eyes and the pupils. For those who doubt, try watching the pupils for shrinking and enlarging rapidly when people lie.
spgJul 14th 2010 12:48AM
Remember a few years back when the U. of U. "discovered" cold fusion. A good dose of caution is always a good thing. Let's wait and see.
FongoolJul 14th 2010 12:53AM
I am an attorney and a professional liar. I can beat any lie detector any time. I have a friend who is a cop. He's a professional liar also. He's been indicted seven times for murder and never spent a day in a court room. People like us who lie for a living believe everything we say,,, even when we know it's a lie....
Mary RoseJul 14th 2010 12:59AM
If you want to know if someone is lying, then just call their parents into the interrogation. Parents know when kids are lying, even when they become adults.
Catherine BossiJul 14th 2010 1:03AM
Maybe that is why people like emails so much.... no one can see your eyes.
Vasu MurtiJul 14th 2010 1:28AM
Attacking someone for wincing only proves bigotry. Is it the eyes themselves, or the eyes and eyelids altogether which reveal one's intentions?
SheilaJul 14th 2010 3:16AM
Eyes can register recognition but not be what it seems. I was once accused of saying something I did not say, but I recognized it as having been said by someone else speaking to a group of people of which I was a member. However, to someone relying on eye response the "recognition" registered would have been interpreted as confirmation of guilt because they already assumed guilt. Eye tests, body language, lie detector tests, are all faulty and should never be relied on to prove innocence or guilt. The bias of the questioner affects the results too much for reliability!
Yes, as someone else stated, people without conscience can look you straight in the face and lie and pass any kind of test because they feel no guilt, remorse or fear. I heard a talk by the chief polygrapher for the FBI. He said the person being tested needs to see the questions he will be asked in advance; they have to be asked exactly as written and in the same order, with no deviation in how one question is asked from another; otherwise the results are fallable. Too often thie test is not administered correctly, and the bias of the tester comes into play in interpretation.
DonnyJul 14th 2010 4:41AM
It's easy to tell if a politician is lying ... just look at him. ... Is his mouth moving?
haroldJul 14th 2010 5:58AM
Then surely Yobamma Boy is going to Hell--his mouth never stops running.
TonyJul 14th 2010 8:35AM
This story is bull.
I'm a very good liar and con artist. I bet I could pass this test. LOL