The Voice of a Cheater

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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How to Tell if Someone Is Lying to You

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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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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Lie to Me: Viewers Impact

Many of us watched the hit show Lie to Me on Fox every Monday evening. Thanks to the popularity of the show, people developed an interest in the topic of microexpressions and the world of nonverbal behavior. Recently researchers at Michigan State University led by professor of communication, Timothy Levine, are putting Lie to Me…

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