News tagged with lie detection
Can a machine tell when you're lying? Research suggests the answer is 'yes'
Inspired by the work of psychologists who study the human face for clues that someone is telling a high-stakes lie, UB computer scientists are exploring whether machines can also read the visual cues that give away deceit.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Avatar may soon be keeping your safe in the skies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lie detection is coming to a whole new level. Soon we will not have to rely on the work of individual agents to figure out who is just trying to get on a plane and who is a criminal mastermind ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Lie detection: Misconceptions, pitfalls and opportunities for improvement
Unlike Pinocchio, liars do not usually give telltale signs that they are being dishonest. In lieu of a growing nose, is there a way to distinguish people who are telling the truth from those who aren't? A new report in Psychological Sc ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2011 |
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In the job hunt, people do lie, but honesty pays off, study finds
Honesty pays off, according to a new study of job seekers. When job applicants were warned that a pre-employment test could detect fake responses, they gave more honest answers -- a result that could improve their chances ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 01, 2010 |
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'You can't hide your lyin' eyes': Eye-tracking lie-detection
Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person's problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Handwriting-based tool offers alternate lie detection method
For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual's personality traits, or in most cases, gauge their innocence in the case of a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a suspect in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 02, 2009 |
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