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1) Liar, Liar
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Whether it's telling a little white lie or a serious betrayal, your brain is built to know when tweaking the truth can be beneficial. This episode will explore why we lie, how often we lie, and what goes on in the brain that allows us to stretch the truth in the first place. If you pay attention, we'll even teach you a few tricks that can help you catch a liar. So stick around as we get to the truth about lying, on Brain Games!
2) LiarLiar
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Jim Carrey stars as a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar who, forced by his son's birthday wish, must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
3) Credibility
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What is credibility, and why is it so important? This program begins with an exploration of the concept of credibility and illustrates the key criteria of motive, bias, vested interest, neutrality, ability to perceive, and expertise. A reconstruction of a famous murder case from the 1920s is then used to provide the material for viewers to evaluate the credibility of the evidence that was used. Finally, critical thinking author and former chief examiner...
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Lying is part of human nature; it is believed that babies as young as six months old will fake a cry to get their mother's attention. This ABC News report looks at lying and the differences between the lies men and women tell. Women lie about their age or weight, and men lie about their height and how successful they are.
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Donald Rumsfeld's "war crime," says Oscar-winning filmmaker Errol Morris, is "the gobbledygook, the blizzard of words, the misdirections, the evasions...and ultimately at the heart of it all...the disregard and devaluation of evidence." The former Secretary of Defense's complicated relationship with the truth is the subject of Morris' new documentary, "The Unknown Known," an extended conversation with Rumsfeld that focuses on his role in leading U.S....
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Dana Delany (China Beach) stars as Rose, a desperate expectant woman who leaves her husband and takes refuge in a shelter for unwed pregnant women. She begins a new life, raising her daughter and marrying the shelter's handyman (Clancy Brown, The Shawshank Redemption). But when her first husband tracks her down, she is faced with the agonizing decision whether to flee her past once again.
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Mark is a desperate unemployed writer who lives in a world where everyone unfailingly tells the truth. People don't even know what fiction is. Every thought, no matter how humiliating or harsh, tumbles out unvarnished. Then one day, Mark becomes so desperate he concocts a lie. In a world where everyone is unfailingly honest, a lie is believed with total and absolute gullibility. Mark can get anything he wants. The one thing he truly wants is the love...
8) Pinocchio
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Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish. Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before becoming a real boy. He will require some guidance, and Jiminy Cricket agrees to act as his...
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Persian
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With the return of their friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of old college pals decide to reunite of a weekend by the Caspian Sea. The fun starts right away as they quickly catch on the plan of lively Sepideh, who has brought along Elly, her daughter's kindergarten teacher, in hopes of setting her up with recently divorced Ahmad. But seemingly trivial lies, which start accumulating at the seashore, suddenly swing round and come back full force when...
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Aspiring interior designer Layla is dreading the Christmas time wedding of her cousin whos marrying Laylas ex-fiance. Although Seth is the one responsible for introducing the bride and groom, she begrudgingly accepts his offer to be her date as she's out of options. Seth gets carried away at the reception and announces they're engaged, forcing a mortified Layla to keep up the pretense.
12) The Snow Queen 2
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The storm is back with an all new ice-breaking adventure! After celebrating their victory over the Snow Queen, Gerda and Orm have given their fellow trolls a taste of freedom. But when Orm gets a cold-hard reality check, they slip into another perilous journey and must protect the world from eternal winter.
13) Blurred vision
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Andre and his girlfriend Elisa are in love, full of hope, got a new place, and just found out she's pregnant. Everything seems perfect, except little things start going wrong and soon Andre is questioning his sanity, the pregnancy, and his girlfriend. When her overprotective mother arrives, Andre finds himself in a web of lies that become deadly.
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Emma Roberston is assigned to work with Connie Mortensen, a wife, and mother accused of a despicable crime. Her assessment will determine whether Connie faces life in jail, life in a secure psychiatric hospital, or the chance of rehabilitation and release. Emma hopes that the high-profile case will make her career, but her sessions with Connie quickly become a complex psychological game of cat and mouse with confusing sexual undercurrents. Connie...
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf. This classic fable told by Aesop about 2,500 years ago is retold for the 21st century by Susan Schaller and vibrantly illustrated by Connie Clanton's water colors. The elegant retelling, enchantingly illustrated tale comes alive in Dee Clanton's impish ASL performance. The book/DVD package is accompanied by web-based instruction that teach fundamentals of ASL grammar, vocabulary & syntax.