Apparently, most of what one sees on Lie To Me is spurious. At any rate, viewing the show causes people to make more false positive identifications of deception relative to a control group, without being any more accurate at catching real deception:
The Impact of Lie To Me on Viewers’ Actual Ability to Detect Deception
You mean, you can’t detect lies by standing three inches from someone and squinting up their nostrils?
Apparently, most of what one sees on Lie To Me is spurious. At any rate, viewing the show causes people to make more false positive identifications of deception relative to a control group, without being any more accurate at catching real deception:
The Impact of Lie To Me on Viewers’ Actual Ability to Detect Deception
You mean, you can’t detect lies by standing three inches from someone and squinting up their nostrils?