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How Behavioral Scoring Works: The Science Behind Red Rabbit

April 25, 20267 min

Introduction

Humanity has always looked for ways to tell truth from lies. From ancient rituals to the modern polygraph, we keep refining our tools for detecting deception.

Red Rabbit is the next step in that evolution. Instead of sensors and wires, we use your device's camera and microphone to analyze **5 independent channels** of behavior.

How it works

1. Micro-expressions (FACS)

The human face has 43 muscles capable of producing over 10,000 combinations of expressions. Most of them last less than 200 milliseconds — invisible to the human eye, but the camera captures them.

We use the **Facial Action Coding System (FACS)** — a system for coding facial movements developed by Paul Ekman. Our neural network analyzes **17 Action Units** every 33 milliseconds.

2. Voice analysis

When a person lies, their voice changes on a microscopic level: - Volume rises (micro-tension in the vocal cords) - Variability increases (an unstable pitch) - Micro-pauses appear (the cognitive load of making things up)

3. Oculomotor activity

The eyes are "windows to the soul" — not metaphorically, but neurologically: - **Blink rate** changes under stress - **Gaze avoidance** is a classic deception marker - **Gaze direction** is linked to constructing vs recalling

4. Head kinetics

Micro-movements of the head (yaw, pitch, roll) subconsciously accelerate during deception. Red Rabbit measures the variability of these movements down to fractions of a degree.

5. Composite stress index

Instead of relying on a single channel, we compute a composite stress index from three independent sources: micro-movements + blinking + emotions.

The key innovation: two-phase calibration

The core problem of every system is **individual differences**. Some people naturally blink often, some speak quietly, some constantly move their head.

Red Rabbit solves this with **two-phase calibration**:

  • . **Truth phase** — you answer questions with known truthful answers. The system builds your personal "truth profile".

2. **Lie phase** — you deliberately lie on control questions. The system builds your "lie profile".

Every answer is then compared against YOUR personal profiles — not against the "average person".

Accuracy

No deception detection system is 100% accurate. Red Rabbit is no exception. Our results are informational only and can NOT be used as legal evidence.

However, the multimodal approach (5 channels at once) makes the assessment significantly more reliable than single-channel systems.

Conclusion

Red Rabbit is not a "lie detector" in the classic sense. It is a **behavioral assessment** tool that helps you see what is hidden from the naked eye. It gives an assessment, not a verdict — use it wisely.

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