Accurately detecting deception is a multifaceted challenge, typically requiring a two key steps process. First, people must be able to identify unusual or unexpected verbal and nonverbal cues, and ...

Most people know that each time the fictional character Pinocchio lied, his nose would grow. While a growing nose makes for a fun children's story, a UBC Okanagan researcher says it's hard to know ...

One of the reasons that people perform poorly when trying to detect deception is the difficulty of integrating multiple cues into a binary judgement. A simple heuristic of only judging the level of ...

Brain signals can reveal when a person is preparing to lie, even before they say a single word. A recent study published in ...

An employer's chances of guessing whether an employee or candidate is being deceitful is about as good using most supposed lie-detection techniques — as if the employer just guessed (50/50) — because ...

All liars have classic tells: the lack of eye contact, the fidgeting, the overly elaborate stories. Except when they don't. In fact, researchers say, the most adept deceivers often don't present any ...

Many people think that liars will give themselves away through nervous mannerisms like shrugging, blinking or smiling. But the scientific evidence tells a different story. Henrik Sorensen via Getty ...

Both sides of the political aisle are calling each other liars. We've been introduced to the concepts of "alternate truths" and a "post-truth" world. Deception is in the headlines and on the national ...

The most adept deceivers often don't present any of those signs and, further, the average observer's tendency to rely on such visual cues impedes their ability to tell when someone is lying. But those ...