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Simply put, the Duchenne smile is genuine. But fake smiles are all around, and this is how you can tell the difference.

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Scientists say there is evidence that lying is more cognitively demanding than telling the truth.

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How to Tackle Truth Decay
5 Mar 2024
theatlantic.com

The social contract of trust between experts and society is in danger of dissolving. We need to start putting it back together.

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The Traitors has shown just how adept some people are at lying. Here, an ex-FBI agent, a psychologist and a fraud investigator share their best tips for detecting dishonesty

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The cognitive work involved in lying is relevant to lie detection and could help explain why some people are better liars

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All time best interviews with accused fraudsters
14 Aug 2022
bedrock.substack.com

One of my pastimes is listening to interviews with accused corporate fraudsters before and after they got caught.

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My Favorite Liar
13 Jan 2022
zenmoments.org

“It's my intention to work into each lecture one lie...” Remembering a favourite teacher whose unorthodox methods got his students' attention

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The Truth about Lying - JSTOR Daily
30 May 2021
email.substack1.exponentialview.co

You can’t spot a liar just by looking, but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work.

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The truth about lying
30 Mar 2021
knowablemagazine.org

You can’t spot a liar just by looking — but psychologists are zeroing in on methods that might actually work

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What is the psychology of the liar? There are various ways of classifying lies: by their consequences, by the importance of their subject matters, by the speakers' motives, and by the nature or context of the utterance. Perhaps the most useful way to classify lies is by the type of liars who tell them.

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"The home of our truth/lie detector resides in the area of our body that encapsulates the throat, heart, and gut."