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Nonverbal communication and deception

Can you tell from someone’s body language whether they are lying?

 If you’ve been following Dr. Ekman’s work, you’ll know there is no single, definitive sign that we can count on to let us know with absolute certainty that someone …

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Pathological Liars

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 …

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Suppressed Emotions and Deception: The Discovery of Micro Expressions

From emotional expressions research to modern micro expressions

Excerpt from Emotions Revealed pp. 213-215 Suppressed emotions versus truthfulness It was not my idea to find out how emotions might be useful in evaluating truthfulness. The question arose nearly …

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Are there honest liars?

The truth about being deceitful

Are all liars being deceitful? Don’t you have to be one or the other: honest or dishonest, a liar or a truthful person? As I see it, no. An honest …

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Why Do People Lie?

9 Motives for Telling Lies

Reading between the lies Why do people lie? Such a simple question should come with a simple answer (but doesn’t, unfortunately). There are indications, however, that most of us share …

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Fear, Lies and Scott Peterson

Fear, Lies and Scott Peterson

How signs of fear can tell us everything and nothing

Original excerpt published September 2009 Show no fear Since the signs of fear look exactly the same for a liar afraid of being caught and a truthful person afraid of …

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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. …

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Emotional Reactions to Terrorism

Why Lies Fail – Part 2

Why do lies fail?

October, 2009 Feeling Guilty Why do lies fail? I asked people “If you could be absolutely certain that your lover would never find out, would you have a one-night stand …

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Why People Lie

Reasons for lying

People resort to lying for so many different reasons that it’d be impossible to list them all. However, of the most common motives for telling lies, avoiding punishment is the …

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