#lie detection

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

i loved your post on MBPT and why it is pseudoscientific bullshit, can you do a similar take down of body language analysis used in "criminal psychology"

I don't have the level of expertise on body language that I do on psychometrics, but I can recommend this article by an expert.

To sum up: body language is entirely dependent on context, so much so that it's impossible to know with certainty from a single conversation what any one person's gestures mean. If I ask my sister "How was dinner last night?" and she smiles big while throwing out both arms and exclaiming "it was great!", then I know dinner sucked. I know that because she isn't the type of person to use those behaviors, except occasionally in sarcasm. If I ask my dad "How was dinner last night?" and he smiles big while throwing out both arms and exclaiming "it was great!", then I know dinner was great. I know those because he is the type of person to use those behaviors in everyday life. If I ask a stranger about dinner and get that response, then it's probably safe to assume sincerity rather than sarcasm, but I don't have enough info to know. Celebrities, tiktokers, suspects, and other strangers just aren't informative enough to draw conclusions.

Body language "analysis" also forgets that we humans actively choose how to present ourselves. Many people report making eye contact and holding still during lies, because of the stereotype that liars fidget and look away. I try to smile and nod more often during unpolished presentations, because seeing students smile and nod makes me feel better when I'm presenting badly. But I also nod and smile automatically during insightful and well-made presentations. So if you see me smiling and nodding during your presentation, it's a sign that I think your presentation is good or that it's bad. And I'm the only person who knows for sure which one it is; my body doesn't offer enough info for you to know.

#nothing to do with animorphs #body language #psychology #forensic psychology #social psychology #body language analysis #nonverbal communication #lie detection

[chemlock]

Lie Detection

Here are some thoughts on lie detection, inspired by some things I've read recently regarding body language and lying.

It's often stated in lie detection guides that if the person is nervous/uncomfortable, it means they're lying. Signs such as looking away, covering their face, and just general nervous mannerisms are interpreted as sure signs of deception. But what if they're just uncomfortable? Some people may get nervous if questioned, even if they're not lying.

Similarly, if someone adds more details to their story than necessary, or details nobody would remember (such as oddly specific times, colours of clothing, stuff like that) to make their story more convincing, that doesn't necessarily mean they're lying. All it means is that they're trying to convince you they're telling the truth.

Especially in victims of abuse, the person may be afraid they won't be believed regardless of whether they're actually lying and may feel the need to try to convince you they are, even for something small.

Or on the flip side, someone might not show any signs of discomfort while lying, like a compulsive liar. That doesn't mean they're not lying, just that they're not uncomfortable.

People have also reported trying to maintain eye contact so as not to seem like they're lying when they are, so the person lying may be aware of certain lying tells and purposefully avoid them.

A lot of body language has to do with context, so baselines are very important. It's easier to tell if someone you know well is lying because you know what they're like telling the truth.

So yes, someone with these traits may be more likely to be lying, but make sure to think about all the reasons someone might be displaying certain behaviours and not jump to conclusions. In the end, just remember that you can't necessarily tell if someone's lying, just if they're uncomfortable. Just something to keep in mind.

#just thoughts #dont mind me #lying #lie detection #deduction #body language #deductive reasoning #sherlock #lies

[bobauthorman]

A Semblance of Reasoning, Part 5

Hey, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these. How long has it’s been? Eh, who knows. Anyway, We’ve covered the Semblances of the Main Heroes, the Assisting Heroes, the “Mentor” Figures, and the Main Villains. So, perhaps now we should get into the Supporting Allies.

Sun Wukong, probably the first supporter. His Semblance is called Via Sun, and functionally it manifests clones of pure energy. Unlike Blake and her Shadow clones, these clones are bright yellow and translucent. Also unlike Blake, who’s clones stand still, Sun’s clones are capable of movement and have physical force, allowing them to attack or hold down a target.

How exactly Sun created his Semblance I won’t know precisely, but, if flashbacks in “RWBY: Before the Dawn” are any indication, when Sun was a child, his youth is what prevented him from helping out with his tribe. And there’s an old proverb “Many hands make a lighter load.” perhaps Sun created his Semblance as a means of helping out.

I’ve always been of the belief that characters who have duplication Semblances are secretly lonely. However, Sun is an interesting display of this belief. He’s first introduced not as part of a team, and clearly sees no problem with going off without them at a given notice. As he explains in the beginning of Before the Dawn, his semblance lets him be a team of his own, so there’s no need (in his mind) to worry about having help. Of course, 

He’s from Vacuo, where people die very easily, (And Sun lost his parents as a child) so I theorize that this is a subconscious preventative action- If losing people hurts, don’t forge close bonds so it won’t hurt when you lose them.

Technically, Oscar Pine doesn’t have a Semblance. However, much like Watts, that lack of Semblance is something to talk about. After the Fall of Beacon in Volume 3, Oscar becomes the next vessel for Ozpin’s soul (I will not say reincarnation). As such, much of his sense of self from Volume 4 onward is that he’s “The new Ozpin”, something more or less all of the adults he spends any time with treat him as. Because of this distorted self, Oscar probably hasn’t been able to manifest his own Semblance. 

Of course, Oscar does have access to Ozpin’s magic, which is not necessarily a good thing.  Each usage of magic speeds up the merger between Ozpin and Oscar. If Oscar doesn’t find his own self, he’ll lose it in the tide of Oz’s wave…

Every fantasy show needs an old, quirky mentor, and RWBY has Maria Calavera! Her power is called “Preflexes”, a form of heightened sensory perception that lets sense what’s happening around her and predict her opponents movements. Kinda like Mantra or Observation Haki from One Piece.

Growing up, Maria was made aware that, according to her father, there used to be Silver Eyed Warriors around the world, but they’ve vanished, which meant some force was doing away with the SEWs. With instructions to keep her powers secret, Maria began to do her work from behind a mask. What if her Semblance was born out of always being on guard from some unknown assailant? An underlying worry about what is lurking just out of sight?

And finally, Robyn Hill. Her Semblance is Lie Detection, and the name is rather misleading. Rather than “Detecting” lies, what Robyn does is take someone by the hand, and if they are telling the truth, the aura around their hands glow green. Presumably, it a glows a different color if the person she’s testing lies.

Given that she grew up in Atlas, where the leaders lie and break promises at the drop of a hat, it’s no wonder that Robyn gained this power. Of course, this is also has made things difficult for her as well. As she tells Qrow, people give her space out of fear that she’ll expose their secrets.

But what makes her Semblance really interesting that it’s not just detecting lies, but also demonstrating truth. In most shows, a character with this sort of power just goes, “Oh, I can sense that you’re lying.” But, Robyn doesn’t do that. We don’t take it on her word, she has the power to visually show whether or not someone is being honest. And she never uses it as weapon! It’s never, “You’re lying and I can prove it” but always, “If you’re telling the truth, let me show it”.

#RWBY #RWBY ANalysis #RWBY Meta #RWBY Theory #RWBY Sun Wukong #Robyn Hill #Neo Politan #Maria Calavera #Blake Belladonna #Semblance #Via Sun #Lie Detection #Preflexes #Ozpin #can #magic #aura #Volume 4 #Volume 8 #Volume 7

[amateur-deductions]

Micro Expressions

So I was thinking about what the next post should be about and I thought this would be a good topic to introduce again, especially since it's something you can start practicing right now if you want, so let's get to it

/I N T R O D U C T I O N

So what actually are micro expressions and how are they even remotely useful in deduction? well there are a few concepts needed to understand what they are, but very basically micro expressions are small, uncontrollable twitches that occur when someone experiences a less intense version of an emotion, or when one wants to hide their normal facial expressions, they correlate to certain emotions, and because of this one can learn to read them and interpret them by keeping the context in which they occur in mind, essentially (among other things) acting as a lie detection tool. But to fully use them and understand them we need to first discuss facial expressions

/F A C I A L E X P R E S S I O N S

Circa 1990 Dr. Paul Ekman conducted a series of studies that revealed a now generally accepted truth in psychology: emotions, and the physiological reactions they cause, are universal. This means that no matter where you go, and what people you interact with, be it a person from new york, from Egipt, or a member of a secluded tribe in the Amazon Rainforest, their physiological reactions caused by their feelings of joy, or anger, or disgust (to name a few) are always going to be the same, these ways of expressing said emotions are not learned, but rather a naturally acquired manifestation of them.

You may be wondering how all of this is relevant, but it's the foundation that allows micro expressions to be useful. You see, there are 7 basic emotions that we have inherent, universal facial expressions for, Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Contempt, Disgust, and Surprise, their facial expressions look like this:

(Cue the picture you've probably seen a million times if you know about this subject)

These are what we call, macro expressions, they are the obvious, "normal" facial expressions that are easy to spot and recognize, they last anywhere from half a second to 4 seconds. But here comes the important part: micro expressions come directly from macro expressions, basically, the only difference is the time they last and the context they're found in

/M I C R O E X P R E S S I O N S

One of the many neat things about facial expressions is that they are unconscious reactions to what we feel, this means if we try to hide them (which isn’t the only thing that causes them, but one of the most useful situations nonetheless), we generally do a pretty good job at doing so, but never a perfect one, which leads to small, almost imperceptible movements and twitches of our facial muscles to occur, movements that correlate with the facial expression of the emotion we're experiencing. Micro expressions are the same as macro expressions, but they last much, much less (hence the name "micro" expressions), and they can be the result of trying to hide our initial emotions in a given situation. They can last for half a second or less, and so they're almost impossible to detect for someone who doesn't have the necessary training

(I couldn't find any micro expression GIFs on Tumblr, but I did find this sherlock one, keep in mind it's slowed down, and you can still see a very quick, very faint movement of the lips upwards, faint crows feet and wrinkles around the eyes, and the cheeks moving slightly upwards, the closest thing I could find to a happiness micro expression. For a bunch of clearer, real life examples watch this video)

So what exactly is this training? Don't worry, it's not strenuous or anything, it just requires a bit of time. The training usually involves looking at clips or gifs of each micro expression and remembering which one corresponds to each emotion and then taking a small test where similar clips are played and you have to recognize each micro-expression. The point of this exercise is to train your ability to see micro expressions and recognize them in your everyday life, but as everything Deduction related, it takes time and quite a bit of practice.

Now, Paul Ekman himself offers training tools on his website if you don't mind spending money to get them, but if you're looking for economic alternatives to this there are plenty of apps, websites, and videos out there available in different regions of the world

/H O W T O U S E T H E M

Once you know how to spot and recognize these micro expressions you need to learn to apply them in context, knowing what someone's feeling in and of itself isn't useful if you can't relate it to what is going on around them. Keep in mind these emotions are displayed as micro expressions because the person in question is trying to hide them, so ask yourself why. Are they attempting to hide anger because they don't wanna hurt the person they're arguing with? or because they see who they're talking to as an authority figure and they're scared to show their anger? why are they flashing a disguised expression of fear when their significant other is visibly rageful? there's a lot you can know about a person by simply looking at the context in which they hide things.

One disclaimer that I think is important is that while micro expressions are an incredibly powerful tool, like everything in the realm of body language, and deduction in general, they should be taken as part of a cluster of signs that point towards a certain conclusion. Just because a micro expression shows surprise doesn't mean it's positive or negative, just because a micro expression shows fear doesn't mean it's fear towards a person and not a situation, or simply a thought, be mindful about what conclusions you reach because reaching the wrong ones can become a problem

#deduce #learning deduction #deductionist #deductive reasoning #deduction #sherlock #logic reasoning #observant #observation #profiling #psychology #logic #sherlock holmes #bbc sherlock #sherlock bbc #Sherlockian Deduction #How to think like Sherlock Holmes #lie detection #microexpressions #study #studyblr #learning

[josephkravis]

He Said, She Said, Lies, Lies, Lies

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Can a machine truly know when we are lying? In a world where artificial intelligence permeates every aspect of our lives, from the phones in our pockets to the cars we drive, the idea that AI can now discern the truthfulness of our statements may sound like science fiction. Yet, here we are, on the cusp of an era where AI doesn’t just work for us; it understands us – perhaps even better than we…

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#AI in communication #behavioral cues #facial expression analysis #human behavior interpretation #Lie detection #lip-reading AI #speech analysis #truthfulness #ventriloquism #voice processing

[twobrokenwyngs]

Travis Cohle ⟶ True Detective Season 1: Who Goes There ⟶ True Detective Night Country: Part 2

#true detective #true detective spoilers #true detective night country #td night country #rust cohle #travis cohle #so many thoughts. #like #was rust sharing a half-truth or are he and rose sharing the lie #or the implication travis spent his final hours watching the stars #anyway... needless to say i lost my whole mind about this

[snakeredbirdbatkatana]

You know what I need everytime Tim or Dick lie no one catches them. Not Kon not Bruce no one.

They could say the sky is fucking purple and immediately they assume it is and god forbid they check, Oh my eyes are deceiving me.

I need Tim to walk up to Bruce say some out of pocket bullshit and across the room Dick just looks up.

The only ones who can clock each others shit is each other.

Sometimes they make a game of it they gaslight Jason so hard he thinks there's another Robin named Nibor.

Brotherly bonding by making everyone else confused and slightly terrified.

The thing is no one will ever find out no one understands their tells. They both have there own ways of making everything sound like the gods honest truth.

Nevermind the brotherly comfort or angst where someone ask if they are ok and when the I'm fine is said They know to do a bat sucide watch.

Just think big bird and baby bird gaslight gatekeep girlbossing their way to victory.

#tim drake #batfamily #jason todd #dick grayson #manipulative dick Grayson #the Robin who can lie to Batman x2 #Bamf Tim drake #Bamf dick Grayson #imagine the chaos #damian wayne #bamf batfamily #batfam #bruce wayne #Bruce has never heard one true thing out of his children's mouths #greatest detective my ass

[preacherboyd]

Poor bastard looked like he was on his way to a firing squad. True Detective | 1x01 The Long Bright Dark

#truedetectiveedit #rust cohle #true detective #td 1x01 #tor gifs #he's got me feeling some type of way i won't lie

[keefyrchik]

idk whos this horse killer guy but hes kinda hot

#joel smallishbeans #hermitcraft joel #smallishbeans #joels intros are something #not gonna lie the detective is quite hot as well #i dont get why people say joel is obsessed with someone but himself #i broke my right arm recently so there wasnt many posts but now im good and back #smallishbeans fanart

[umbershift]

Honestly one of the things I like about Edwin’s character development and accepting he likes guys is that everyone else is so normal about it. He’s the only one going But. That’s Not Allowed? And Niko the others are like sure it is! They take Monty liking him as something normal and obvious. Being surrounded by people who take that kind of thing as a given is such a nice (and bizarre) feeling when you’re not used to it

And of course when he tells Charles and there’s no recoil no betrayal just “ok I can’t say I feel the same way but you ARE my best friend and I’m not going anywhere.” The confession didn’t make anything weird. They have as much time as they want to figure this out. I love them so much

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives spoilers #the feeling when I went to a meeting of queer guys and everyone took it as a given that I was a guy #because i was there #made me want to lie on the floor #wait til Edwin finds out about trans women #see what happens with that information

[hayaku14]

I'M LOSING MY MIND OVER THIS CONAN x FRIEREN COVER OH MY GOD

#detective conan #sousou no frieren #dcmk #edogawa conan #frieren at the funeral #frieren #HOW DID NO ONE TELL ME THESE ARE LITERALLY MY FAVORITE THINGS TOGETHER OH MY GOOOOOD #CONAN PUTTING THAT BLUE FLOWER CROWN ON FRIEREN'S HEAD OOOOH GOD IM GONNA LOSE IT UGHHHHHH #me when i think about fantasy kaishin au meeting with frieren #AND HIMMEL MY BELOVED #OH GOOOOD #i am SOOOO NOT NORMAL ABOUT THIS #i love em ;-; #such a pretty cover ;-; #OH GOD FRIEREN IS CARRYING CONAN RAAAAAHHHH THAT IS TOO FUCKIN ADORABLE PLEASE SKDNSJJSNS #i need to lie down #dc prattles

[prompt-master]

Kogoro is out here thinking he's being possessed by himself

#detective conan #every day shinichi does one damage to kogoros mental health and many years later its truly fallen apart #people usually have post reveal kogoro be mad at shinichi because he found out his entire career success is a lie (valid af) #but he should also be soooooo mad that shinichi had him out here fighting ghoets and making him feel crazy

[poutyniall]

Another laugh unlocked

#thank you to the army who wrote that #no lie detected tho #yoongi #min yoongi #suga #agust d #min suga #lil meow meow #d day tour #yoongi laugh #happy suga #happy yoongi #bts yoongi #bts suga #bangtan #bts

[landwriter]

watching dead boy detectives when you've lived in coastal bc

i love that they have a ship that services a metro area of 2.4 million people & all of southern vancouver island, to depict the ferry to (checks notes) port townsend, wa, pop. 10,388. cannot overstate how incredibly funny the scale is. on a regular day that route has more passengers than the entire population of port townsend. like a title card saying our beloved characters had to take three trains and a regional bus line and then smash cutting to a red london double-decker

that being said. bc ferries both as a crown corporation and as individual vessels is DEFINITELY haunted so this tracks actually

#dead boy detectives #BC FERRIES! BC FERRIES!! #ship looks so funny without BC Ferries pasted on the side #you can still see the corner of the ship name though #*squinting* #is it you...spirit of vancouver island?? #queen of new westminster?? coastal renaissance??? #man i looked it up #port townsend's ferry is ADORABLE why didn't they show it #no it's our leviathan interceptor-class 300 car 1600 passenger ferries instead #absurdity aside i truly was EMBARRASSINGLY excited to see bc ferries on screen #canadians love seeing canada in media #even accidentally #for the five people who also recognized bc ferries #i love you #follow for more ship facts #(this is a lie) #(probably) #love that charles loved it too #the ferry can indeed be brills

[akechi-stole-my-heart]

i maintain that the reason goro sucks at cooking is bc he absolutely cannot for the life of him experiment with it. he can follow instructions fine but if there's vague terms or if something says to eyeball it he's completely lost. that, and goro cannot stand having to do multiple things at once and will absolutely burn a building down because he wasn't keeping a close enough eye on the stove. this is what makes akira so good at cooking, on the other hand--he thrives at experimenting and taste testing and the chaos of the kitchen is something he lives for.

HOWEVER. goro is very good at following a step-by-step guide. he is extremely meticulous. he is capable of being precise with measurements. so once he's introduced to it, goro becomes an incredible baker. it even becomes therapeutic, a method of relaxing after a long day. akira hates baking for the same reasons goro loves it, but loves having yummy tasty treats, so baking becomes goro's forte.

unfortunately, being the friend who brings baked goods to every hangout means goro is not escaping the has-a-sweet-tooth allegations anytime soon.

#if you're curious I do think goro has a sweet tooth. or did as a kid. but had to play it up for the cameras so much #and food became such a Means To An End (like everything else) that he stopped caring abt taste and grew resentful of the sweet tooth #shtick just like he grew resentful of the detective prince as a whole. so he isn't *lying* when he says it's for the cameras #but he also isn't telling the truth either. ofc the sweet tooth thing is a lie just like everything about the detective prince is a lie #<- delusional. the mask is just as much a part of him as what it disguises #baby goro loved his mother's pancakes is what im saying. back when she still cooked for him........ #(so pancakes and sweets are also associated with his mother. which only complicated his feelings even further) #so yeah! that's my opinion on the does goro like sweets thing #well yes but actually no but actually yes #sera posts #goro akechi #sera talks goro

[bluerosety-blog]

OMG is this real?!!! 😭 No way, I've been shipping them for years!! 🙃🤣 I refuse to believe it lol! 🤣

#detective conan #kaishin #kuroba kaito #shinichi kudo #I thought it was just a case if same-face syndrome lol my life is a lie #I can't process it #This was one of my best ships lol