Sunday, August 22, 2010

TV pick: "Lie to Me" on reading faces


The obvious appeal of this besides Kelli Williams' beauty is it covers a basic skill in AS social-skills training, how to read faces. This show is based on fact: there are scientists who've studied people's body language down to what are called microexpressions lasting a split-second to tell if somebody's lying, obviously valuable in police work.

Similar: The Mentalist in which a former fake-psychic con artist, feeling guilty over some harm he caused, now works with the cops. "I'm not a psychic. I'm just paying attention."

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