Detecting Lies Scientifically

Early in Aggravated there is a scene where a sheriff’s deputy interrogates Steve, and tells him he knows Steve is lying because he had been tracking Steve’s eye movements. Steve has a glass right eye, so he took off his glasses, tapped the right eyeball with his fingernail, generating a clacking sound, and said, “Which …

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Dixon’s Book – Part 5

Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Gender Bias In the previous post I looked at the overly religious nature of Ada Dixon’s book, Overcoming and Dealing With a World of Abuse, which I believe make the chance of it being used as a psychological self-help book extremely remote. Another thing I noticed about …

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Dixon’s Book – Part 4

Parts of this post were used in Aggravated. Hyper-Religious Nature Let me make it absolutely clear that nothing I say in this post is intended as a criticism of anyone’s religion. My main gripe is that the book (and maybe Dixon’s portrayal as a therapist in the trials) was faulty. I first analyzed Nina Dixon’s …

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Dixon’s Book – Part 3

Views on Homosexuality This is another example of what I believe is Ada Dixon’s misguided, unscientific approach to counseling. She claimed in her book, Overcoming and Dealing With a World of Abuse, that sexual addiction “manifests itself in various ways, including promiscuity, pornography, and homosexuality.” That statement is apparently Dixon’s own belief. It isn’t attributed …

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