Researchers from University of Michigan have created a foolproof software to detect liars.
Earlier studies indicated that giving a hesitant answer and avoiding eye contact are foolproof signs of lying.
However, the University of Michigan found out that the exact opposite true.
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In laboratory experiments, its difficult to create a setting that motivates people to truly lie.
The stakes are not high enough, lead researcher Rada Mihalcea said.
But in the real world there is true motivation to deceive.
The videos were media coverage of a number of 120 court trials.
But in the real world there is true motivation to deceive,saidMihalcea.
Then they fed the data into their system, allowing it to sort the videos.
Were not counting how many times a person says I or looks up.
Were focusing on a higher level of communication.
The work was funded by the National Science Foundation, John Templeton Foundation and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
source: www.techworm.net
