Research suggests that most people cannot tell from demeanor whether someone is lying or telling the truth. Such poor performance is not because lies are told flawlessly. Most liars make …
Errors in Detecting Lies
Dangers and Precautions when Catching Lies
When it comes to deception and catching lies, there are a number of common errors you need to be wary of. The two biggest failures of judgment in deception detection …
Pathological Liars, Psychopaths & Natural Liars
How can we tell natural liars from pathological liars and psychopaths?
Natural Liars During my research into deception and nonverbal communication, I discovered a small population of people I would come to refer to as “natural liars”. These individuals, while gifted …
Trusting Can Be Dangerous
Evaluating truthfulness
December 8, 2015 Misjudging a Person I have spent a lot of time in the last thirty years advising police, both regional and national, on how to evaluate truthfulness. You …
Ineffectively Testing the Effectiveness of TSA
The SPOT program
November 11, 2015 Trouble with ineffective testing TSA personnel in the SPOT (Screening Passengers with Observational Techniques) program have come under repeated, unjustified criticism. Their failure to catch people pretending …
5 Signs of Lying That Aren’t as Foolproof as You’d Think
Think you can spot a liar? Think again.
November 2, 2015 As seen on Yahoo Health by Temma Ehrenfeld Too bad every liar isn’t Pinocchio, with a tell-all nose. But do our faces give lying away in more …
Catching Liars
What you need to know
August 2014 Science Fiction From a distance of twenty feet, without your knowledge or consent, the surveillance cameras, microphones and physiological sensors apply computer algorithms to process your gait, facial …
Spotting Poker Bluffs
Can you tell when someone is bluffing?
May 2014 The game has changed now that TV broadcasts people playing poker In the old days, not a word was spoken, and that tradition continues today in some venues. …