: A key paper, "The Impact of Lie to Me on Viewers' Actual Ability to Detect Deception," found that watching the show actually decreased viewers' accuracy in detecting lies while increasing their confidence in their (incorrect) judgments.
Other papers use the title Lie to Me in the context of narrative theory or fiction: Lie to Me
: The show's concept of "naturals" was inspired by the Wizards Project , a study by Maureen O'Sullivan that identified a tiny fraction of the population (31 out of 13,000 tested) who could consistently detect lies with high accuracy. 2. Literary and Narrative Analysis : A key paper, "The Impact of Lie
: Some literary analyses explore the "unreliable narrator" as a creator of identities in novels like Atonement and Gone Girl . Literary and Narrative Analysis : Some literary analyses
The phrase most commonly refers to the Fox crime drama series (2009–2011) starring Tim Roth, which was inspired by the real-world scientific research of Dr. Paul Ekman .
Academic studies have examined how the show's premise of "universal micro-expressions" stands up to real-world scrutiny.