24 January, 2018

Revisiting Nonverbal Behavior

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We have shown that nonverbal behavior is crucial to detecting deception, but it seems that our previous discussions have been a little insufficient. Certainly this has been a major discussion in this blog, but we have focused only on individual behaviors, like eye contact or gestures, in order to explain how important nonverbal behavior is.…

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16 January, 2018

Nonverbal Clues to Deception

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How crucial are nonverbal clues to detecting deception? A recent 2017 study argues that reading nonverbal behavior is a crucial component to discovering mistruth and understanding if another person is lying. In this research, Dr. Eric Novotny and a team of scholars respond to previous research that underplays the role of nonverbal clues in everyday…

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17 October, 2017

The Voice of a Cheater

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How effective are verbal cues in exposing our emotions and character? Throughout this blog, we have dwelled extensively on deception detection but have also focused almost exclusively on nonverbal cues. However, a new study in the journal of Evolutionary Psychology, subtle verbal cues can reveal a wealth of detail about a stranger, even including past…

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3 October, 2017

Does Lying Get Easier The More We Do It?

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It seems intuitive that lying gets easier the more we do it, but that may actually be supported at the neurological level! New research found that, when we lie frequently, our brain begins to adapt to the practice of deception, to the point that we no longer feel the emotional stress that normally comes with…

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