The tragic termination of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
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An invaluable resource is being starved to death with no scientific or
ethical justification
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One of the things I learned about Ekman in a psychology class, is that a "lie detector" is being developed based on his theories. Supposedly, when someone lies they make involuntary muscle movements in their face. The lie-detector can detect the electronic impulses in facial muscles that cause these microexpressions. Even someone that has been trained to avoid making such muscle movements cannot suppress the initial electrical signal that gets sent.
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