Tune in to learn the facial expressions that reveal if someone is telling a lie.
| |  | | How to Tell if Someone Is Lying With Psychologist Paul Ekman | | | | On today's episode I talk with Paul Ekman, a psychologist who co-discovered "micro-expressions." He's often called "the human lie detector" and he's considered the world's deception detection expert. | He's the inspiration behind the hit series, "Lie to Me" and he consulted on the movie "Inside Out." He's also trained organizations, such as police departments and the TSA, on how to tell when someone is lying.
TIME magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He's also been ranked 15th among the most influential psychologists of the 21st century.
He's authored many books and offers online trainings in micro-expressions, the key component in learning how to detect lies.
Why Paul Ekman Is Mentally Strong
Dr. Ekman discovered how micro-expressions could help him detect whether people were telling the truth. He was approached by a president who wanted to learn how to lie better—but he declined to teach him.
Dr. Ekman is clear that he only wants to help people detect lies, not to become better at lying.
Dr. Ekman has made a huge impact on the world. His research on emotional expressions and which ones are universal and which ones are culture-specific has taught us a lot about feelings.
His work has led to a much greater understanding of nonverbal communication and emotions.
Most often, we are misled because we don't want to know the truth. We make it easy for the liar because the truth will be uncomfortable for us to learn."
What You'll Hear on the Show
- What microexpressions are and how to recognize them
- Why people tell lies
- How we overestimate our ability to detect deception
- Why we should examine the potential consequences of uncovering the truth
- Why you should think about the reason you want to get better at detecting lies (and what that might say about you)
- The link between assuming others are being honest and happiness
- Why people in certain professions shouldn't assume others are being honest
- The types of lies Dr. Ekman can detect and which ones he can't
- Why we tend to believe people who are lying
- The three things you need to look at if you want to tell if someone is lying
What You'll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength
The way we communicate often speaks volumes about our mental health and our emotions. A flat affect could be indicative of a mental illness, like schizophrenia or slow movements may be a sign of depression. Those changes may interfere with our ability to communicate effectively with others.
When our mental health improves, our communication often improves too.
On the flip side, sometimes changing our body language can improve our mental health (something we discussed in episode 139, "Fake a Smile to Have a Better Day").
Dr. Ekman reads facial expressions, and body language gives him insight into someone's emotional state. He knows that our emotions often get revealed even before we're aware of how we're feeling.
Very often people are misled because they want to be misled and they're even unaware of the fact that they don't want to know the truth. It's too painful to learn." | | | | | | | | Follow: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts / RSS | | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Healthy Mind newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. | | A DOTDASH MEREDITH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 | | | | | | | 
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