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The Human Lie Detector..

The Human Lie Detector..

In person, bespectacled, wavy-haired Jay Alexander seems nervous, even a little shy. You wouldn’t guess that he’s performed for rock stars like Bono and the Rolling Stones, done live shows for the CIA, or appeared on Good Morning America and the Today show.

His claim to fame? He can read minds.

Yes, really. Well, sort of. Alexander uses micro expressions — extremely subtle, split-second facial expressions, like swallowing or twitching at the corners of the mouth — to decipher our thoughts, including whether we’re lying or telling the truth. Alexander learned about micro expressions more than 25 years ago when he stumbled onto a book by psychology researcher Paul Ekman, who’s worked with the CIA to read faces and solve crimes. Ekman is the inspiration behind Tim Roth’s character in the Fox series Lie to Me. Fascinated, Alexander devoured other books on the topic and memorized countless micro expressions before taking his studies to the stage. Read more and watch the video at:

http://news.yahoo.com/human-lie-detector-080000636.html;_ylt=AwrXoCC8JYtWSGMANRfQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByc3RzMXFjBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg–

How does Derren Brown do it? TV illusionist’s secrets explained..

How does Derren Brown do it? TV illusionist’s secrets explained..

By James Rodgers for Coventry Telegraph..

Social media was set alight last night after TV illusionist Derren Brown showcased his brand-new stage show Infamous on Channel 4.

The event, which succeeds his other stage shows Svengali, Something Wicked this Way Comes and Enigma, has already been an acclaimed success with viewers lauding the showman for producing yet another unique and gobsmacking performance.

Brown is an illusionist and performer who – by his own admission – combines elements of traditional magic, suggestion, psychology and misdirection to achieve things which seem impossible to the everyman on the street. From mind reading to stopping pulses, Derren’s tricks have given him all manner of success over the past decade and they famously culminated with him predicting the Lottery numbers.

What is more refreshing, though, is that Brown openly claims to hold no supernatural abilities whatsoever. In fact, Brown has proved scornful of supposed psychic mediums and charlatans.

So, have you ever wondered how Derren Brown creates his headline-grabbing stage shows? Read below to find out…

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We know what you’re thinking: Scientists find a way to read minds..

We know what you’re thinking: Scientists find a way to read minds..

image  Written by Maxim Lott for Fox News.. (MAGIC NEWS exclusive to the magic community..).

Think mind reading is science fiction?…Think again.

Scientists have used brain scanners to detect and reconstruct the faces that people are thinking of, according to a a study accepted for publication this month in the journal NeuroImage.

In the study, scientists hooked participants up to an fMRI brain scanner – which determines activity in different parts of the brain by measuring blood flow – and showed them images of faces. Then, using only the brain scans, the scientists were able to create images of the faces the people were looking at.

“It is mind reading,” said Alan S. Cowen, a graduate student at the University of California Berkeley who co-authored the study with professor Marvin M. Chun from Yale and Brice A. Kuhl from New York University…

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Companion video published last month…