The official SCAnS Method course

Stop guessing.
Start reading people.

As seen on Discovery's Faking It Used by the FBI & Secret Service Peer-reviewed science

The science behind Logan's behavioural breakdowns on Observe, now in your hands. Learn to read verbal and non-verbal behaviour, assess credibility and detect deception with the SCAnS Method, the six-channel system built by Dr Cliff Lansley and used by Fortune 500 teams, police forces and intelligence services.

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The method trusted by
Police forcesIntelligence servicesAirport security teamsFortune 500 teamsDiscovery ChannelMSc programmes
Logan Portenier, Observe
Why Logan put his name on it

"I read the signals on Observe every week, but EmotionIntell built the science I learned them from. Cliff Lansley's team trained alongside Paul Ekman and have used this method on real cases for police forces, intelligence services and Discovery. SCAnS is the real thing, and that is why I partnered with them."

Logan Portenier Creator of Observe

Disclosure: Logan is a paid partner of EmotionIntell and earns a share of enrollments made through this page.

Reading people is a real skill

Most of what you have been taught is guesswork

The internet is full of confident nonsense. Crossed arms means defensive. Touch your nose and you are lying. None of it survives contact with actual research. Here is the difference SCAnS makes.

Body-language folklore

  • ✕Hunts for a single magic "tell" that does not exist
  • ✕Reads one signal out of context and slaps a meaning on it
  • ✕Confuses an emotion with proof of a lie
  • ✕Feels accurate, scores about the same as a coin flip

The SCAnS Method

  • ✓Reads six channels at once and weights evidence as it builds
  • ✓Baselines the person first, then reads changes against it
  • ✓Separates emotion from deception, the way trained analysts do
  • ✓Peer-reviewed and proven on real cases under real scrutiny
Trust the science

The Six Channel Analysis System

SCAnS is a structured framework for reading behaviour across six channels at the same time. Instead of chasing isolated tells, you gather real-time data across all six, weight the signals as they accumulate, and reach conclusions the way trained analysts do in courtrooms and operational settings.

01

Interactional style

How they engage, deflect, or steer a conversation with you.

02

Verbal content

The words and the story. Statement analysis of what is really said.

03

Voice

Pitch, pace, pauses and wobble. Stress leaks into the voice first.

04

Facial expression

Micro-expressions and the emotions that flash in under a second.

05

Body

Gesture, posture and the involuntary signals people never notice.

06

Psychophysiology

Breathing, swallowing and the body reacting under the surface.

Built on 27 Points of Interest and the PEEVR model

The same toolkit applied at MSc level and refined through three decades of peer-reviewed research. You work through the 27 Points of Interest as a practical checklist, and learn PEEVR, the structured interviewing framework used to draw out reliable information without leading the conversation. It is not a shortcut. It is the discipline behind the read.

27 Points of Interest PEEVR interviewing Clusters, not single cues Baseline & deviation
SCAnS model for Points of Interest
What you will be able to do

Read the whole person, not just the face

Course footage: analysing verbal and non-verbal behaviour together

Read verbal and non-verbal together

Build a complete picture across face, voice, body, language, interaction and psychophysiology. This is where guesswork ends and real analysis starts.

Course footage: statement analysis of what people actually say

Analyse what people actually say

Apply statement analysis to test an account. Examine word choices, tense shifts and the subtle inconsistencies that separate a real memory from a constructed one.

Course footage: calibrated questioning and listening skills

Become the person worth talking to

Sharpen the listening and calibrated questioning that open people up rather than shut them down. Conversations you can steer with confidence and read with precision.

Proof, not promises

Tested where being wrong has consequences

60%

fewer false positives when behaviour detection officers applied the method in a six-day live airport trial, with correctly cleared passengers up 400%. Officers were drawn from civil, police and military agencies, tested against benchmark controls.

EIA white paper, 2017: Observe, Target, Engage, Respond (OTER)
10+ years

in partnership with Dr Paul Ekman, the pioneer of emotion science, developing and distributing his life's work to individuals and organisations across the globe. Through Paul Ekman International, 60+ partners delivered it in more than 20 languages.

30+ years

deployed in the field: police forces, intelligence services, airport security and Fortune 500 negotiation teams trained on the same framework you'll learn in this course.

The same method, on national television

Faking It: Tears of a Crime

Discovery Channel chose the SCAnS Method to anchor Faking It: Tears of a Crime, the series that re-examines real police interviews through behaviour analysis. Cliff Lansley appears across the series as the Expert Behaviour Analyst.

The course teaches you the framework. The show is the proof it stands up on real cases, under real scrutiny. Inside Read Anyone you will score the same kind of high-profile footage yourself, from courtroom testimony to public apologies.

Faking It: Tears of a Crime and clients
The curriculum

A progressive build, from the science to real cases

~6 hrsof video content
3 to 5 daysof guided work
6 channelsdrilled one by one
Dozensof real annotated cases
1. The science of lie detection and behaviour analysis  7 lessons▾
  • Introduction6:31
  • The realities of "lie detection"7:04
  • Truth versus lies6:31
  • Emotions, deception and the EmotionIntell framework10:54
  • The SCAnS model, PINS and clusters8:13
  • Activity: SCAnS exercise8:12
  • End of section quiz 
2. Decoding the six channels  18 lessons▾
  • Face channel + practice + quiz48:18
  • Body channel + practice + quiz18:27
  • Voice channel + practice + quiz7:26
  • Interaction style channel + practice + quiz12:20
  • Verbal content channel + practice + quiz34:31
  • Psychophysiology channel + practice + quiz14:34
3. Real-world communication and interviewing  5 lessons▾
  • Attention, bias and mindfulness21:27
  • PEEVR and getting to the truth23:05
  • Casual conversations: interviewing without interviewing16:02
  • Section quizzes 
4. High-profile case studies  3 deep-dive analyses▾
  • Virginia Roberts (Prince Andrew case): SCAnS analysis41:56
  • Meghan Markle: a fair analysis10:18
  • Chris Watts: SCAnS analysis36:01
5. Closing  1 lesson▾
  • Closing remarks1:08
Delivered by the team behind the method

Your tutors

"Logan and his audience have helped surface a real hunger for evidence based behaviour analysis. We built Read Anyone so anyone serious about learning the science can do it properly, from the same foundation we use with police, investigators and Fortune 500 negotiation teams."

Dr Cliff Lansley Founder, EmotionIntell
Dr Cliff Lansley

Dr Cliff Lansley

Co-developer of SCAnS

More than thirty years applying the method in the field. His training spans police forces and intelligence services, Fortune 500 negotiation teams, financial crime units and corporate fraud investigators. Expert Behaviour Analyst on Discovery's Faking It: Tears of a Crime.

Aaron Garner

Aaron Garner, MSc

Co-developer of SCAnS

One of the method's most experienced operational practitioners. His work focuses on the applied edge, interviewing, statement analysis and live behaviour reading, delivered to law enforcement, security agencies and corporate investigations teams across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

The EmotionIntell team with Dr Paul Ekman
The EmotionIntell team with Dr Paul Ekman. A partnership spanning more than a decade, turning the world's most cited emotion research into practical tools for professionals.
What students say

Trusted by people who read for a living

Jovana Oljaca
Jovana Oljaca
★★★★★

"A brilliant, engaging way into reading people. The SCAnS method is fascinating and genuinely practical. I have learned so much already and cannot wait to go deeper. Cliff and Aaron are superb teachers."

Elvis Benkovic
Elvis Benkovic
★★★★★

"Highly recommended. The Six Channel Analysis System gives you real theory and practical skill for reading behaviour, taught in a motivating, application-first way."

Ella Butler
Ella Butler
★★★★★

"An incredible introduction to communication, behaviour and credibility analysis. Impeccable training and fantastic teaching, the SCAnS content has already blown me away."

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  • ✓The full course: ~6 hours of HD video across all six channels, with practice clips and quizzes
  • ✓3 high-profile case deep-dives scored with SCAnS, start to finish
  • ✓27 PINs quick-reference cheat sheet (downloadable PDF)
  • ✓Private student community with fellow Observe viewersBONUS
  • ✓Live Q&A with Cliff, Aaron and Logan, coming Q4 2026, enrolled students onlyBONUS
  • ✓Certificate of completion from EmotionIntell
  • ✓Lifetime access and updates as the curriculum evolves
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Before you enrol

Questions people ask

Is this the same content as Logan's videos, just longer?▾
No. Logan's videos are applied analysis. This course teaches the underlying method that makes that analysis possible. After Read Anyone you should be able to do for yourself, on any clip or conversation, what Logan does on his channel.
Is there real evidence behind the method?▾
Yes. SCAnS is built on peer-reviewed research (Archer & Lansley, 2015) and has been field-tested: in a six-day live airport trial with civil, police and military behaviour detection officers, the approach cut false positives by 60% and increased correctly cleared passengers by 400% against benchmark controls. The full white paper is published on our site if you want to go deeper.
How long will the course take?▾
Around 6 hours of video. With the exercises, reflection and "homework" (the fun kind), most people take 3 to 5 days, depending on how fast you want to move.
Do I need previous experience?▾
No. This is an advanced method, but it needs no prior experience in behaviour analysis or emotional intelligence. We guide you through the whole thing from the ground up.
Can I take it on any device?▾
Yes, on any device with an internet connection. We recommend a larger screen where possible so you catch the detail, but it is not essential.
Do I get a certificate?▾
Yes. Complete each section and you receive an auto-generated certificate of completion.
Can I pay in installments?▾
Yes. US customers can choose Klarna or Afterpay at checkout and split the $250 into 4 interest-free payments of $62.50. UK and EU customers can check out with PayPal, which offers eligible buyers PayPal Pay in 3 or a local equivalent at no extra cost. Either way you get full course access from day one.
What if it is not for me?▾
Email us within 30 days of purchase and we will refund you in full. No forms, no friction.
I have finished it and loved it. What is next?▾
As a higher education institution we have professional and academic progression pathways, up to MSc level. Reach out and a specialist will advise on the right next step for you.
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