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Category Archives: Signs of stress

Research round-up 1: Catching liars

27-Dec-08

I know I’ve really neglected this blog over the past few months (pressure of work and a doctorate to finish). Over the next few posts I’ll share with you all the articles and stories I hoped I’d have time to comment on this year but just didn’t. I’d like to promise to be [...]

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Polygraph reasoning applied to spotting terrorists…

23-Sep-08

Remember that the rationale behind the polygraph is that (with an appropriate questioning regime) guilty people are assumed have physiological responses that differ from innocents? Well, the new “anxiety-detecting machines” that the DHS hopes might one day spot terrorists seem to work on the same basis. Here’s the report from USA Today (18 Sept):
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Ten Ways To Tell If Someone Is Lying To You

11-Nov-06

…according to a recent article on Forbes.com (3 Nov):
In business, politics and romance, it would be nice to know when we’re being lied to. Unfortunately humans aren’t very good at detecting lies. Our natural tendency is to trust others, and for day-to-day, low-stakes interactions, that makes sense. We save time and energy by taking statements [...]

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