Episode 437: Annie Särnblad: How to Spot Lies and Detect True Emotions in Seconds
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What can micro-expressions reveal about emotions and lies?
That's what you're known as, right? Yeah. Oh, God. I'm scared, by the way. So I want to just give a little brief. So her book is called Diary of a Human Lie Detector, Facial Expressions in Love, Lust, and Lies. And you basically know thousands of facial expressions, and you can read thousands of different facial expressions to tell if somebody is lying to you, if they like you, if they're a narcissist, if they're a psychopath. I mean, I'm actually kind of nervous interviewing you because you're going to be watching my face and I'm now going to be like, oh, I shouldn't do this. I shouldn't sit like that. Does that ever happen? Do people get scared to talk to you? Oh, all the time. And so just to clarify, like I can numerically code or anybody who is trained in facial action coding systems can take the 10,000 different muscle combinations. And it's not thousands of facial expressions, but it is a lot of muscle combinations and it's a lot of facial expressions.
And yes, people get really nervous, but almost nobody gets as nervous as men who have some kind of shame in their lives. They get really, really wound up. Really? Women don't get nervous if they have shame? flustered, but I think women innately, and not all of us, because we do, thank goodness, have different wiring in our brains. Every individual is slightly different. But I think we women are used to some other people around us being able to read us really well. I mean, a lot of us have good friends and family members that have kind of been able to read us or even hear that kind of hitch in our voice or tightness in our vocal cords. And they'll kind of turn around quickly and say, well, what's wrong? When we, you know, what do you mean what's wrong? I didn't say anything. No, I can hear it or I can feel it or I can sense it. I can see it on you.
So I think we're just used to reading others or focusing on those skills, and we're used to being read more often or sometimes more hyper-aware of it. Or I think also probably women wear their emotions on their sleeves probably more, so it's more obvious. Well, we're certainly, you know, socialized for it to be okay to show emotion. It's expected from an earlier age. I mean, I had to catch myself a couple of times with my son. I was more stern with him when he was crying once he got to a certain age than I was with my daughter. And I had to catch myself because I didn't want him not to show his emotion. But it was so hardwired into me to kind of be like, why are you whining? Yeah, it's so true. I have a boy and a girl and I definitely understand the difference between that. Like you treat the boy and the girl differently based on what's already kind of programmed and conditioned to how you think they should behave, right? Right. I totally feel that I do that as well.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What can micro-expressions reveal about emotions and lies?
1:49–6:08
2
How does cultural background affect body language interpretation?
6:08–12:24
3
Are there universal facial expressions across different cultures?
12:24–15:57
4
What are the differences between macro and micro facial expressions?
15:57–20:32
5
How can you spot a fake smile?
20:32–24:40
6
What are the signs of phony behavior or insincerity?
24:40–38:10
7
How can you tell if someone is romantically interested in you?
38:10–54:47
8
What facial cues indicate genuine empathy and emotional connection?
54:47–1:08:03
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