If you have been reading my stories for some time, you would by now know that one of my passions is understanding human behavior, human nature, human life.
What does it mean, to be human? Why do we love, why do we cheat, why do we lie? Why do we do the things we do?
I have recently become very interested in the TV series Lie to Me. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightman Group accept assignments and assist in investigations, searching for the truth through applied psychology: interpreting microexpressions, through the Facial Action Coding System, and body language.
The show based most of its science on the research of Paul Ekman who studied facial expressions and body movements and their relations to human emotions. Ekman showed that facial expressions are not culturally determined but universal, and thus biological in origin.
Some of the universal expressions he identified include anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise.
If you want to test your ability to spot lies, the BBC website offers an online exam designed to test your skill in spotting between a fake smile and a real one. The test is based on the research of Ekman.
Click here to take the test.
Sometimes, though, I wonder if lies and deception are necessary. Do we really need the truth all the time? Perhaps there are cases when a lie is kinder than the truth.
-
14 comments:
That is why there are white lies. =)
to avoid hurting someone, white lies do...
White lies.
I took the test and got 10 (out of 20) correct answers.
10/20. Lame.
omissions too.
10/20. :/
11 out of 20. hehehe
This is creepy. I got 16 out of 20.
I subscribe to the idea that truth is relative, and often people choose the brand of truth that suits their personal emotional climate. How the depressed sees the word in geige garb, and the elated in vivid dynamism.
got 12 out of 20.
15 over 20 ...not bad, so Kane darling don't lie to me me, haha - nick
honesty is not the best policy. I think kindness is better than honesty. to be kind is better than being right all the time.
white lies damn .. im korki btw
watched it too!!
.
.
got 13 out of 20. did i pass?
can finally watch the smile videos. 16/20
Post a Comment