Lie to my face: an electromyography approach to the study of deceptive behaviour

Shuster, Anastasia and Inzelberg, L. and Ossmy, Ori and Izakson, L. and Hanein, Y. and Levy, D. (2021) Lie to my face: an electromyography approach to the study of deceptive behaviour. Brain and Behavior 11 (2), e2386. ISSN 2162-3279.

Abstract

Background:Deception is present in all walks of life, from social interactions to matters of homeland security. Nevertheless, reliable indicators of deceptive behavior in reallife scenarios remain elusive. Methods: By integrating electrophysiological and communicative approaches, we demonstrate a new and objective detection approach to identify articipant-specific indicators of deceptive behavior in an interactive scenario of a two person deception task. We recorded participants’ facial muscle activity using novel dry screen-printed electrode arrays and applied machine learning algorithms to identify lies based on brief facial responses. Results: With an average accuracy of 73%, we identified two groups of participants: Those who revealed their lies by activating their cheek muscles and those who activated their eyebrows. We found that the participants lied more often with time, with some switching their telltale muscle groups. Moreover, while the automated classifier, reported here, outperformed untrained human detectors, their performance was correlated, suggesting reliance on shared features. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of using wearable electrode arrays in detecting human lies in a social setting and set the stage for future research on individual differences in deception expression.

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