The first Presidential Debate starts TONIGHT but can you tell anything about politicians’ accuracy by analyzing how they speak? A new analysis finds that lying politicians tend to be more verbose. For more on politics and deception, take a look at these past blog posts: Politics and Deception (Part 1) Politics and Deception (Part 2) Politics…
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September, 2016
How To Spot A Lying Politician
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August, 2016
Politics and Deception (Final Post)
Over the last few weeks, we’ve discussed politics and deception and the media. You can view Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. ** There are both verbal and nonverbal indicators to truthfulness and deception, and this week I would like to turn our attention to one of the verbal indicators of…
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July, 2016
Politics and Deception (Part 3)
In Part 1 of Politics and Deception we discussed about the possible deception that occurs when media outlets “report” the news. In Part 2, we continued our discussion, with the purpose of raising awareness of how bias/spin/deception may occur and influence our thinking. In this week’s blog, we continue the theme from the previous two weeks about possible…
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June, 2016
Microexpressions on 9am with David & Kim
Humintell Director Dr. David Matsumoto discusses the topic of microexpressions with Australian morning show hosts David and Kim. Microexpressions are quick and fleeting facial expressions that are signs of concealed emotion.