Since ancient times, the art of discerning truth from lies has captivated human curiosity. In our recent book, Pathological Lying: Theory, Research, and Practice, my co-author, Drew Curtis, and I ...

CHAMPAIGN, lll. – When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a ...

Unlike Pinocchio, liars do not usually give telltale signs that they are being dishonest. In lieu of a growing nose, is there a way to distinguish people who are telling the truth from those who ...

Scientists in Israel have leveraged commercially available sensors to develop an advanced lie-detection system they say outperforms any other known method. The technology relies on electrodes attached ...

Worried your partner is having an affair or the builder's spinning you a yarn? Dr PAUL SEAGER, lecturer in psychology at the University of Central Lancashire, busts some of the most common ...

Medieval interrogators often forced suspects to lick a burning hot poker. Truth tellers, they said, would remain unscathed. The lie-detector test is not so different, suggests Ken Alder, an associate ...

Deducing whether someone is lying or telling the truth is by no means a simple task. “”On average, untrained humans can detect deceit 54 percent of the time, while trained interrogators can detect a ...

It is a tool of truth for investigators and defense attorneys, but not prosecutors. Laws restrict the use of polygraphs on employees and bans lie detectors from court. It may be futile, but it is ...

In the complex world of modern dating, determining truth from fiction has become increasingly challenging. While most people engage in minor embellishments during early dating stages, understanding ...