Brain Games: Seeing is Believing

Test your brain skills: Try reading the paragraph below Even the sharpest mind can be fooled. There are certain things that the the average reader will overlook. Even if you are paying extra attention, you you may not notice simple mistakes. Still can’t figure it out?  Try reading it out loud.

Digital Deception

With smartphones dominating social interaction, texting has become a new way of communicating and for the younger generation it is pretty much the only way of communicating.  Phone conversations are a thing of the past and quick, witty vernacular via texting has taken over communication. But, can we really believe everything that is texted to…

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Teaching Lies in Order to Spot Them

Stan Walters, an interview and interrogation expert, is back in our blog with information on the untruths in deception detection courses. In the video below, he discusses the various ways in which certain courses being taught on deception detection are full of lies themselves.  He focuses on one particular course and goes through the various…

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Facial Expressions Exposed: Smileless Ad Banned

Ella Bache’s new national outdoor campaign ad was banned by Australia’s media regulators because the serious facial expressions (left) were thought to exude more sexual undertones reported Buzz Feed.  However, the same image of nude models in the same positions (right) but with smiles was approved and is ready to be released. “This bizarre decision…

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