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By analyzing facial expressions and involuntary body language, he can read feelings ranging from hidden resentment to sexual attraction to jealousy. His work gives him the knowledge and skill set to expertly deceive others as well as detect lies. But as Lightman well knows, his scientific ability is both a blessing and a curse in his personal life, where family and friends deceive each other as readily as criminals and strangers do.

Although the character is based on what Ekman does, he is nothing like Lightman. If the show is 90 percent accurate, as Ekman claims, what about the other 10 percent? It turns out that PM won't have to fact-check every show as we do Fringe and Lost , because Ekman is doing it himself. He'll have a blog on the show's website called The Truth About Lie to Me that will give a post-mortem of each episode, explaining nuances that the hour-long drama didn't have time to explore.

He's also writing a free biweekly newsletter about the science behind the show: One differentiates lies, flattery, exaggeration and politeness, while another explains the problems with polygraph and fMRI lie-detection systems. But in order to make sure that big mistakes don't make it onto the show, Ekman is involved with each episode's development.

The show's writers go over ideas with him before they start an episode, and then send him a draft of the script when it's done. He tells them if anything's wrong, and also sends them a battery of video-clip notes, portraying facial expressions exactly for the actors to imitate.

He says that it's been much more work than he anticipated. Read more about this study and how it was conducted here. Although the show has been cancelled, episodes are still available to stream via Hulu. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content What is Lie to Me? Do Truth Wizards Exist?

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