New research, conducted by Human Communication Research , suggests that sender demeanor may be the most influential source of variation in deception detection judgments. Sender Demeanor is the difference in the believability of a message sent by a “sender”, which is independent of the actual honesty of the message. In this study, published in Human…
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The Discovery Channel has suggested that most of us are drawn to the opposite sex who got a strong dose of sex hormones during puberty. Why is this? A very masculine face in a man suggests high levels of testosterone and a woman’s face that is feminine suggests that she has high levels of estrogen…
Read MoreLies, Lies Sweet Little Lies!
Pamela Meyer’s article, Seven Big Lies About Lying, featured in HuffPost Politics underlines the idea that we live in an “age of deception”. Here is a sneak peek of the seven lies she delineates in her article. 1. Lying is the exception to the rule Meyer equates the evolution of deception to an arms race…
Read MoreHow to Keep People from Lying
Keeping people from lying is quite simple reports the Business Insider . I’m sure many of you know the process of filling out an auto loan or tax document and at the end there’s always a statement that you have to sign affirming that ‘the facts you presented are true and correct to the best…
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