s ▁algorithm ▁on ▁par ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁commonly ▁accepted ▁form ▁of ▁lie ▁detection , ▁poly graph ▁tests , ▁which ▁are ▁roughly ▁ 8 5 ▁percent ▁accurate ▁when ▁testing ▁guilty ▁people ▁and ▁ 5 6 ▁percent ▁accurate ▁when ▁testing ▁the ▁innoc ent . ▁She ▁notes ▁there ▁are ▁still ▁improvements ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁— ▁in ▁particular ▁to ▁account ▁for ▁cultural ▁and ▁dem ographic ▁differences . ▁A ▁possibly ▁unique ▁advantage ▁of ▁Mi hal ce a ' s ▁study ▁was ▁the ▁real ▁world , ▁high ▁st akes ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁foot age ▁analyz ed ▁in ▁the ▁study . ▁In ▁labor atory ▁experiments , ▁it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁setting ▁that ▁motiv ates ▁people ▁to ▁truly ▁lie . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Mi hal ce a ▁and ▁her ▁collabor ators ▁worked ▁on ▁an ▁algorithm - based ▁system ▁that ▁ident ifies ▁lingu istic ▁c ues ▁in ▁fake ▁news ▁stories . ▁It ▁successfully ▁found ▁f akes ▁up ▁to ▁ 7 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁compared ▁to ▁a ▁human ▁success ▁rate ▁of ▁ 7 0 %. ▁ ▁Publications ▁ ▁Books ▁ ▁R ada ▁Mi hal ce a ▁and ▁Drag om ir ▁R ade v , ▁Graph - based ▁Natural ▁Language ▁Process ing ▁and ▁Information ▁Retrie val , ▁Cambridge ▁U . ▁Press , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁G abe ▁Ign at ow ▁and ▁R ada ▁Mi hal ce a , ▁Text ▁M ining : ▁A ▁Guide book ▁for ▁the ▁Social ▁Sciences , ▁S AGE , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁