By now, many of us have realized that the average person, yes that’s you and me, is not very good at detecting deception BUT very proficient at implementing it. This fact has been proven time and time again by research that purports we are only as accurate as chance (50%) when it comes to correctly catching lies. Pacific Standard Magazine has reported on the…
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Read MoreLying to Yourself Has Its Benefits
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal suggests that lying to yourself — or self-deception, as psychologists call it — actually has benefits sometimes. Based on a growing body of research using new experimental techniques to induce and analyze self-deception, researchers are finding that most people lie to themselves at least some of the…
Read MoreMaureen O’Sullivan’s Wizards Project Update
The Wizards Project was a research project conducted by Drs. Paul Ekman and Maureen O’Sulllivan, that studied the ability of people to detect lies. This research showed that for the average person, being able to detect deception is not an easy task. Most people can detect deceit only about 50% of the time, which is the statistical equivalent of…
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