Spotting liars

Following Gavin Williamson’s sacking from Theresa May’s cabinet, we discuss the indicators of whether or not someone is telling the truth.

Image: Gavin Williamson. By UK Parliament via Wikipedia

Things mentioned in this podcast

- Rogers et al (2017), Artful Paltering (https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-59847-001)
- Serota et al (2010), The Prevalence of Lying in America (https://msu.edu/~levinet/Serota_etal2010.pdf)
- Hall et al (2010), Strategic Misrepresentation in Online Dating (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0265407509349633)
- DePaulo (2004), The Many Faces of Lies (https://smg.media.mit.edu/library/DePaulo.ManyFacesOfLies.pdf)
- Jerrim et al (2019), Bullshitters: Who Are They and What Do We Know about Their Lives? (http://ftp.iza.org/dp12282.pdf)
- Wiseman et al (2012), The Eyes Don’t Have It (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0040259)
- Mann et al (2012), Windows to the Soul? (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257592987_Windows_to_the_Soul_Deliberate_Eye_Contact_as_a_Cue_to_Deceit)
- Aamodt and Custer (2006), Who Can Best Catch a Liar? (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232424344_Who_can_best_catch_a_liar_A_meta-analysis_of_individual_differences_in_detecting_deception)
- American Psychological Association, The Truth about Lie Detectors (https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph)
- Ten Brinke et al, Telling Lies in Scarce Environments (http://www.leannetenbrinke.com/uploads/2/1/0/4/21049652/ten_brinke_khambatta__carney_under_review.pdf)

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