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March 18, 2012

Why your face can't lie: The uncontrolable tell-tale signs of deceit in high-stakes deceptions

Scientists have unlocked a secret code written on everyone’s face which reveals when we are lying.

Researchers have discovered for the first time, five tell-tale muscle groups that control facial expressions, activate differently when we are trying to deceive.

Psychologists based their study on more than 23,000 frames of television footage from 52 people emotionally pleading to the public for the return of a missing relative – half of whom were eventually convicted of murdering that person.

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