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Eyes for Lies is a  real-life "natural" like Ria Torres on the TV show "Lie to Me"

After studying deception for several decades, scientists identified new clues to deception. They also identified people who have a rare ability to spot lies.  After testing more than 15,000 people (including psychologists, CIA, FBI, Secret Service, arbitrators, judges, attorneys, police), they only identified 50 people who can discern lies from the truth with great accuracy.  Scientists call these human lie detectors "wizards of deception detection", "truth wizards", or "detection wizards".  Eyes for Lies, a woman who goes by that pseudonym, is a wizard.

"A wizard...a sage...a person of amazing skill
or accomplishment" (source)

Popular Mechanics talks about Truth Wizards, known as "naturals" and the FOX show "Lie to Me":

"A very small percentage of people (less than 1%, according to Dr. Paul Ekman) are natural lie detectors who can detect microexpressions and lies without being trained. The show takes this into account in the form of character Ria Torres, a "natural" whom Lightman [the character based on Ekman] recruits from the TSA in the show's pilot episode.  In reality, Ekman does bring naturals–-he likes to call them 'wizards of deception detection'–-with him when he reviews tapes of investigation subjects."

Ekman says on NPR, "We've...found 50 [people] who have this really nearly perfect ability to spot liars, and that’s without any specialized training.  We're still trying to find out how in the world did they learn this skill? Are they the sort of Mozarts of lie detection; they just had it?"

Scientists have been studying wizards to further their understanding of deception detection.

"'We hope that by studying our wizards, we’ll learn more about the kinds of behaviors and ways of thinking and talking that can betray a liar to an experienced interviewer,' says Dr. Maureen O'Sullivan  (source)."

"Some of them use the demeanor and vocal clues...but others base their judgments on behaviors and word usage that no researcher has previously identified, O'Sullivan explains (source)".

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"No technology has come close
to delivering the accuracy of the wizards."
(Institute of Engineering and Technology article and NPR interview)
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Eyes for Lies consults with law enforcement on cases and writes about high profile cases in media, where she identifies real-life clues to the public. To see the most current post, click here.  To see Eyes for Lies track record, click here.

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