People often think spotting a lie is about catching someone looking away or touching their nose. Real life doesn’t work like that. Psychology doesn’t give you a checklist where one behaviour equals ...

We know that someone who is trying to tell if someone is lying will only be around 54% accurate on average, which is not much better than just flipping a coin. This is an abysmal statistic if you’re ...

I love movies about con artists. David Mamet’s early film House of Games is a great example. Throughout the film, it is hard to tell who is lying and who is telling the truth. The success of movies ...