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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 Peron 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. …

Pathological Liars, Psychopaths & Natural Liars

How can we tell natural liars from pathological liars and psychopaths?

Pathological Liars, Psychopaths & Natural Liars

How can we tell natural liars from pathological liars and psychopaths?

Trusting Can Be Dangerous

Evaluating truthfulness

Trusting Can Be Dangerous

Evaluating truthfulness

Ineffectively Testing the Effectiveness of TSA

The SPOT program

Ineffectively Testing the Effectiveness of TSA

The SPOT program

5 Signs of Lying That Aren’t as Foolproof as You’d Think

Think you can spot a liar? Think again.

5 Signs of Lying That Aren’t as Foolproof as You’d Think

Think you can spot a liar? Think again.

Catching Liars

What you need to know

Catching Liars

What you need to know

Spotting Poker Bluffs

Can you tell when someone is bluffing?

Spotting Poker Bluffs

Can you tell when someone is bluffing?

Increase your emotional awareness and detect deception

Dr. Ekman's Blog

How we experience emotions differently

Individual differences of emotional response

How to Achieve Emotional Balance

Dr. Ekman and the Dalai Lama in Discussion

The Science of Smiling

Different types of smiles