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...budget," tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars are believed to have been poured into lie-detection techniques as diverse as infrared imagers to study the eyes, scanners to peer into the brain, sensors to spot liars from a distance, and analysts trained to scrutinize the unconscious facial flutters that often accompany a falsehood...
...best poker players say tics and flutters in an opponent's face--the so-called poker tells--can telegraph when a player is bluffing. Scientists agree that the face tells tales we may wish it didn't. San Francisco psychologist Paul Ekman has codified 46 facial movements into more than 10,000 microexpressions in what he calls the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). He and Frank, who helped devise the catalog, say they can detect deception with 76% accuracy. According to Ekman, thousands of people have been trained in FACS, including Transportation Security Administration personnel. While similar behavioral screening...
...Americans have introduced an artistic controversy: Is a doe-eyed Nancy Drew, who debuted last April, really manga? Japanese manga resembles a cinematic storyboard with less happening in each panel than in U.S. comics. There are more motion lines; simple, expressive facial lines; and stories that depict "ordinary people in extraordinary situations dealing with the weirdest things you've ever thought of," according to Tokyopop...
...Apocalypse.The folks who prance down the streets horrify the eye with their courageous but bizarre aesthetics. Men and women alike bedeck themselves in skintight jeans that cling to bony legs with non-existent muscles. Midriffs, too, are common for both sexes, revealing ribs and hipbones to match. Piercings, facial and otherwise, make the crowded street sparkle like a Christmas tree. In a crowd like this, Americans certainly stand out like sore thumbs.This is about more than personal taste. The astonishing element of many of these trends is not the absurdity—fashion has been absurd for the entirety...
...examiners presented patient scenarios in rapid-fire sequence. A 45-year-old woman with persistent headaches. A 60-year-old man with unrelenting facial pain. A three-year-old child who has never been able to walk. We had to study the data, ask the right questions and make on-the-spot diagnoses. Our interlocutors had finely tuned poker faces and were instructed to give absolutely no feedback. I had no idea if they thought I was the greatest neurosurgeon who ever lived or totally out to lunch...