Showing posts with label lie detector. Show all posts
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Monday, August 11, 2014

Public Speakers (Politicians) Please Tell Us the Truth! Your Body Signals Let Us Know when You Are Lying, Anyway



Public Speakers (Politicians) Please Tell Us the Truth! - Your Body Signals Let Us Know when You Are Lying, Anyway


Distrust for politicians has been going on for a long time. Until now, little could be done to see if a public speaker was lying or not. Technology and science has now evolved so that we can have a "Truth Indicator" when a person speaks in public.

How can we tell if someone is lying?
  • Might we observe the speaker's body language in addition to their words?
  • Could the speaker's body language cue us into their lying?
  • Perhaps we could ask the speaker why they appeared so nervous answering a question.
"Truth in Politics" is a major concern worldwide. According to a recent article in Time, even the U.S. Supreme Court is taking action to prevent lying in politics.
For many years the only truth-detecting tool available was the Polygraph (Lie-Detector). Technology and science has evolved, however, to give the public more tools to detect lying. In fact, no physical contact is necessary now and can be used over a distance.
  • Books are available now to teach anyone how to detect lies by just observing "body language". Some of the more popular books are "Lie catcher : become a human lie detector in under 60 minutes" by David Craig, "Liespotting" by Pamela Meyer et. al., "Spy the lie : former CIA officers show you how to detect deception" by Philip Houston et al.
  • An example of current/future technology is the AVATAR lie detector, as presented by ABC. Thus, anyone speaking in public could be observed and evaluated by a remote lie detector, such as AVATAR.
  • Another example using science to detect lies is the Fox TV show "Lie to Me", wherein facial expressions and body language are used to determine truth or not.
  • There is even a "Facial and Ocular Lie Detector" Android App, which might be modified for use with television broadcasts of public speakers.
What could be done going forward to improve truth in public speaking? Some possibilities are listed below.
  • Maybe the news media could have "Truth Meters" on the bottom of the TV screen showing the stress level of public speakers. 
  • Perhaps public speakers could have a "Credibility Score" depending on how many times they were caught lying.  This might be analogous to a consumer's Credit Score.
  • Investigative reporters could factor body language into crafting questions for the speaker.
  • The voting public could learn how to "read" the public speaker to determine the level of trust.
  • Perhaps only having the possibility of exposing lies might be enough incentive for speakers to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth". This might be analogous to security cameras reminding us to be honest.
  • Maybe we can't prevent speakers from lying, but might we question them on why they seem so nervous answering the posed question?
  • If you like want a real-time "Truth Meter" on television to evaluate/interpret a public speaker's body language as they are speaking, please pass this article along to television networks and ask them to please make this happen.
We, the public, need the truth to make informed decisions, e.g. on how to vote and whom to support. Perhaps, these techniques could be implemented in upcoming election campaigns. After election these tools could be an ongoing "Truth Watchdog".

The purpose of this article is to stimulate discussion, innovation, and implementation of ways to enhance "Truth in Politics". It seems like the concepts presented in this article should have little or no impact on the honest public speaker (politician) who has nothing to hide from the public.
To end this serious topic on a lighter note, here is a short video where "Johnny Carson is a politician taking a polygraph test in a Mighty Carson Art Players Skit on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1982."


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The attached public domain image is from Wikimedia - "La Bocca della Verità (in English, "the Mouth of Truth") is a renowned image, carved from Pavonazzetto marble, of a man-like face and located in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy. The most famous characteristic of the mouth is its role as a lie detector; since the Middle Ages, folklore has asserted that if one told a lie with his hand in the mouth of the sculpture, it would be bitten off."

Article originally posted at http://voices.yahoo.com/public-speakers-politicians-please-tell-us-truth-12651978.html

Disclaimer - Article is for information only and is not legal advice.

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Using Biofeedback with Art Therapy, especially with those with PTSD

Could Art Therapy be enhanced by using Biofeedback?  Could Biofeedback quantify the effectiveness of Art Therapy?  Could Biofeedback help hone in on the most helpful method of Art Therapy?


 These were questions I asked at a recent Symposium on Art Therapy.  At least one person thought Biofeedback might help with Art Therapy.  Therefore, I thought I'd write this article to stimulate discussion and innovation in this area.

 Art Therapy has proven to be a very helpful adjunct to psychotherapy, especially when cognitive approaches have been unsuccessful.  Biofeedback combined with psychotherapy could be viewed as a form of Polygraphy, revealing the inner emotions of the patient.

 Biofeedback might provide relief from those suffering from PTSD, according to an article from PubMed.  In addition, Art Therapy could be helpful those with PTSD, according to another article from PubMed.  Therefore, it makes sense to me to combine Biofeedback with Art Therapy, especially for those with PTSD.  I'm not a health care professional, in any sense, but I thought I'd at least propose this new concept to the public in this article.

 Some ideas on how Biofeedback could be helpful are listed below.

  • Emotional triggers (stressors) could be identified for those with PTSD, Autism, Epilepsy, etc.
  • A patient's stressor profile could be determined.
  • Using Art, Music, Sculpture, etc. a patient could learn how to deal with difficult emotions, thoughts, etc., using standard Biofeedback Therapy techniques.
  • The Art Therapist could have a visual readout of the emotional state of the patient, thereby regulating the amount of trigger stimulation.
  • The emotional state of non-communicative patients could be determined.
  • The therapist could determine if the patient is "playing her", giving the "expected response or reply".

I couldn't find much previous work in this area.  Perhaps the following might give others clues, however, on how this concept might be implemented.  I used this search string - ("art therapy" (biofeedback OR polygraphy OR lie-detector))

  • "Medical Art Therapy with Children", by Cathy A. Malchiodi, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999 - Page 201
  • "Confirming the Efficacy of Art Therapy with College Students Through Biofeedback", by Shubha Chatterjee, Emporia State University, 2010
  • "Music Therapy & Biofeedback" by Eric B.Miller Ph.D. CMT-BC BCIAC

Some Biofeedback Tools available to the public:
Takeaways - 
  • Art Therapy can be helpful to those with PTSD and other emotional disorders.
  • Biofeedback can also be helpful to those with PTSD and other emotional disorders.
  • Perhaps, Biofeedback could be combined with Art Therapy, to especially help those with PTSD and other emotional disorders.

Disclaimer - Article is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. 
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