How can we learn how to spot deception? It is a sad truth that lying is incredibly pervasive in our interactions with fellow humans. While people lie for a multitude of reasons, we are also quite bad at lie detection, creating a pretty bleak predicament for those of us who value honesty. In a recent…
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August, 2017
How to Tell if Someone Is Lying to You
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August, 2017
Reading Deceptive Eyes
Eyes are an incredibly important part of emotional recognition, but what role do they have in allowing us to detect deception? While conventional opinion tends to hold that failure to maintain eye contact is a tell-tale sign of deception, this is actually just a pervasive myth. However, because eyes are so important in reading emotions,…
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August, 2017
Detecting Deception Close to Home
Parents and really anyone who works with kids can attest to many children’s tendency to lie. While these might take the form of minor fibs of who hit whom, and that sort of common deception, it is not just our anecdotal impression that children are often dishonest. As Dr. Wendy Patrick explains, there is a…
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July, 2017
Deception as Human Nature Blog, Part II
By Humintell Director Dr. David Matsumoto In this week’s blog, we continue last week’s discussion about deception as being a part of human nature. The words “deception” and “lying” most often conjure up negative, and sometimes pretty dark images. This is reflected in not only much academic and lay writing on the topic, but also…
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