Is Deception ‘All in the Mind’?
For those of you – like me – interested in the heady mix of lie-detection and body language, there was a great piece on BBC Radio 4′s All in the Mind last week. Here’s the blurb. “Trying to spot when somebody is telling lies has probably preoccupied mankind since the earliest humans. Who’s eaten more than their fair share of seeds and berries; who’s...
Read MoreThe Body Language of Honesty
I was tempted to call this blog, “All men Are Liars!” because that’s the finding of a recent poll. Or, at least, men are bigger liars when compared to women. One of the reasons for this is that men are less easily made feel guilty than women. Men can justify their lies better. How? We’re not told. Probably due to a lesser empathy quotient. Readers of this blog...
Read MoreA School for Scoundrels
Last Saturday I delivered a workshop called Lies and Damned Lied: How to be a Human Lie Detector at Queen’s University. About thirty students turned up to learn about the psychology of deception and practice their new-found skills on each other through a variety of games and role-plays. I used a number of web resources during the day to test their growing skills. Some of you asked me on...
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