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A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Volume 98; Number 17

www.bladepublishing.net

staff@bladepublishing.net

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Part two of two:

By Rin Porter

RESEARCH ON DETECTING

DECEPTION

Lots of articles about research

on deception are available, andthey seem to reach similar con-

clusions: no matter what kind of

research you do, whether the sub-

jects you study are trained or

untrained, the chances of accu-

rately picking out who is lying and

who is telling the truth are no bet-

ter than chance.

In other words, if you flipped a

coin and called heads its truth,

and tails its a lie, your accuracy

would be about the same as a

trained professional in the

Department of Homeland

Security.

Dr. Judee Burgoon, Professor of

Communication, Professor ofFamily Studies and Human

Development, and Director of

Human Communication Research

at the University of Arizona, noted

in 2004 that humans have very

poor ability to detect deception.

Her research team developed a

set of computerized tools to detect

deception in text messages. The

set of tools was able to differenti-

ate between an individuals telling

the truth and trying to deceive

between 61% and 91% of the time

but that was written communi-

cation, not oral communication.

Burgoon also studied a form of

video analysis based on motionsmade by an individuals hands and

face. The computerized analysis

can predict which individuals are

telling the truth and which are try-

ing to deceive.

She and her team were not able

to find a method of teaching

humans to detect deception or hos-

tile intent, but we think we can

develop automated tools to aug-

ment human judgment that can

greatly increase detections accu-

racy by using them. (Detecting

Deception: Research to Secure

the Homeland, COSSA, 2004.

Retrieved on 9/12/13 at

www.cossa.org

Dr. John Grohol published a

brief review of deception research

in 1999. His sources included

Professor Patricia Wallace of the

University of Maryland, whose

book Psychology of the Internet

stated, Psychological research on

deception shows that most of us

are poor judges of truthfulness,

and this applies even to profes-sionals such as police and customs

inspectors whose jobs are sup-

posed to include some expertise at

lie detection. (Detecting

Deception: A quick review of the

research, retrieved 9.12.13 at

www.psychcentral.com

An article on the website of the

How can you tell

if someones

lying to you? Part two

BHS Honor Society sponsors

ocal blood drive

Historical Society holds Civil War event

Left: Browerville Public Schools hosted an American Red

Cross Blood Drive in the elementary gym on Thursday,

October 10. The Browerville National Honor Society mem-

bers volunteered to help with the blood drive by calling donors

and scheduling appointments, hanging fliers, registering and

greeting donors at the site. Members assisting included:Jackson Polak, Trent Johnson, Benton Johnson, Emily Lisson,

Emily Busch, Jake Iten, Cody Hansmeyer, and Abigail Irsfeld.

NHS advisor, Jody Hagenson, also helped with the blood

drive. Chairing the drive was BHS Principal, Patrick Sutlief.

The blood drive collected 47 units, down from last years 53

units. BHS and the American Red Cross would like to thank

all who donated blood.

Continued on page 12.

On Saturday, Oct. 12, about 50 people came to the Browerville Community Center for Todd

County History Day, an event put on by the Todd County Historical Society and the Great River

Regional Library. There they examined Civil War displays contributed by Burtrum, Bertha,

Eagle Bend, Staples, and Todd County Historical Societies about the Civil War experience inheir towns and the county at large. After enjoying a meal prepared by members of the Todd

County Historical Society, the group heard a fascinating presentation by Colonel Lowell

Kruse, Minnesota National Guard, who is a Civil War reenactor. Col. Kruse is stationed at

Camp Ripley, where he is Director of Logistics for the Minnesota National Guard.

Col. Kruse explained the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863,where the First Minnesota

Regiment played a pivotal role in the Union victory. He demonstrated and explained the

lothing and gear of a typical Union soldier, and told about his experience in the reenactment

f the Battle of Gettysburg held last summer at the 150th anniversary of the battle, near the

attlefield in Pennsylvania. Over 10,000 reenactors participated.

Wadena County Investi-

gator Amy Ament (photo

from Inforum.com website

owned by Fargo Forum)