You’ve probably heard that keeping secrets is a burden emotionally, but new research in the Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests it may also be a physical encumbrance. The research suggests that when you’re holding onto a secret, you can’t judge spatial distance and you rate physical tasks as more difficult than they really are.
There’s no foolproof way to prove that your sister actually stole your sunglasses, but polygraphs can sometimes do a pretty good job. Here’s how to throw together a DIY polygraph machine with nothing but an Arduino, some wire and some tin foil.
The Mike Daisey/Apple/Foxconn/This American Life fiasco can teach us more than how to properly label your one-man theatre monologues. It gives us a little retroactive wisdom about the common traits of people selling big fabrications, and how they can be found out.
Have you ever felt like a customer service rep or friend was lying to you over the phone? It’s hard to detect deception without visual cues, but Psychology Today suggests it’s not impossible if you listen closely for for a few specific words.
Texting is a fast and easy way to communicate, but it has its disadvantages too. A new study by the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia reveals that people may be more likely to lie over text message conversations than when they’re speaking face to face.
We’ve mentioned a few ways to detect liars, but Pamela Meyer has discovered just about all of them. She’s taken a look at the most common behaviours of liars, scientifically, and shares her expertise on how to detect them.
