The truth shall set you free, but finding it is no piece of cake
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when trying to determine who deceives.
Virtually everyone, even those experienced at dealing with deceivers,
detect others=92 lies no better than would be expected by chance
Those sobering conclusions come from the first large-scale analysis of
individual differences in deception detection. It takes two to tangle
in deceptive encounters, note Charles Bond Jr. of Texas
ChristianUniversity in Fort Worth and Bella DePaulo of the University
of California, Santa Barbara. The two psychologists say their analysis
of the findings to date suggest some people are relatively easy to
read, while others shroud their intentions in mystery
A person=92s perceived credibility, as re****ted by volunteers on
questionnaires, rather than honesty, plays a major role in whether
that person gets branded as a liar, Bond and DePaulo re****t in the
July Psychological Bulletin. Certain people appear either honest or
dishonest from the get-go, whether or not they=92re telling the truth,
the psychologists assert. Earlier research has found that baby-faced
people seem credible whereas people who look nervous or avert their
gaze typically get labeled untrustworthy
The new analysis shows that participants more often believe liars
perceived as high in credibility than truth-tellers regarded as low in
credibility .
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