Posts about: expert liars

Why we’re so bad at spotting lies – most of us only perform slightly better than chance

Why we’re so bad at spotting lies – most of us only perform slightly better than chance

You don’t have to be in the middle of an election campaign to be concerned about your ability to spot a lie. Psychology research suggests people lie at least once a day. A 2006 review of 206 papers found that we are little better then chance at guessing whether something is a lie or not, 54% to be exact. […]…