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[Karlis]

When a person lies, they experience a "Pinocchio effect"
which is an increase in the temperature around the nose and in the orbital muscle in the inner corner of the eye. In addition, when we perform a considerable mental effort our face temperature drops, and when we have an anxiety attack our face temperature rises.

When we lie about our feelings, the temperature around our nose raises and a brain element called "insula" is activated. The insula is a component of the brain reward system, and it only activates when we experience real feelings (called "qualias").
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[sergeantflynn]

What is the connection between heat & pinocchio  ??

[Glacknor]

Nothing, the Pinochio connection is the nose.

[sergeantflynn]

Glacknor, on 05 December 2012 - 02:15 PM, said:

Nothing, the Pinochio connection is the nose.

But Pinocchia`s nose didn`t get hot .

[Hasina]

Just the fact that lying does something to the nose, and area around it, is enough to warrant this 'name'. In other words, scientists aren't imaginative at all.

[Chooky88]

Cool toy for police interrogations. Just need to remove the right to silence in the Western world. Will solve a lot more crime. Can't prove the original charge but guilty on six counts of wilfully misleading a police officer under the Pinocchio Act 2012.

[questionmark]

Chooky88, on 05 December 2012 - 02:52 PM, said:

Cool toy for police interrogations. Just need to remove the right to silence in the Western world. Will solve a lot more crime. Can't prove the original charge but guilty on six counts of wilfully misleading a police officer under the Pinocchio Act 2012.

Depends, lie tell tales work on 'normal' people, not on pathological; and trained liars.

[OldN8Dogg]

The important question, I guess, would be can anything else heat up one's nose?  haha..  Seems ridiculous, but if this would be used as a method of interogation, probably good to know...

[JGirl]

sergeantflynn, on 05 December 2012 - 02:19 PM, said:

But Pinocchia`s nose didn`t get hot .

which is a good thing seeing as it was made of wood

[CuriousGreek]

And how are we supposed to carry this thermographic equipment with us?

[King Fluffs]

Riveting.

[Farmerboy]

CuriousGreek, on 05 December 2012 - 04:34 PM, said:

And how are we supposed to carry this thermographic equipment with us?

They are really small these days, the one im working with is not much bigger than a normal camera...... so just ask anyone you think is lying if you can take a photo....nothing suspicious at all lol

[Eldorado]

Barry Manilow has burned his house down on several occasions.

[JGirl]

well they have those plastic strips that take your temperature - they could just make them more sensitive and put an adhesive backing on them and folks could just go around wearing them across the bridge of the nose, so we'd all know who's lying.

Edited by JGirl, 05 December 2012 - 08:36 PM.

[CuriousGreek]

Farmerboy, on 05 December 2012 - 05:44 PM, said:

They are really small these days, the one im working with is not much bigger than a normal camera...... so just ask anyone you think is lying if you can take a photo....nothing suspicious at all lol

Maybe i'd ask, if i could take them a picture, because i am a celebrities' agent and i like them. No one would reject the offer to become famous!