Medical research
Scientists seek ways to finally take a real measure of pain
Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8?
Jan 10, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Older people not as good at lying or detecting lies: study
(Medical Xpress) -- Older people cannot lie as convincingly as younger people, are worse at detecting when others are lying, and the latter is linked to age-related decline in emotion recognition, new University of Otago ...
May 27, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The lying game
University of Huddersfield investigative psychology lecturer Dr Chris Street is making breakthroughs that are leading towards a clearer understanding of how humans tell lies and how their deceptions can be detected. For more ...
Oct 30, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Deception can be perfected
With a little practice, one could learn to tell a lie that may be indistinguishable from the truth.
Dec 6, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Eye contact reduces lying
A new study from the University of Tampere found that eye contact can make people act more honestly. In everyday life, we often find ourselves in situations where we suspect that someone is being untruthful, whether it is ...
Nov 12, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children with good memories are better liars, research shows
Children who benefit from a good memory are much better at covering up lies, researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered.
Jun 19, 2015
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The unconscious mind can detect a liar—even when the conscious mind fails
When it comes to detecting deceit, your automatic associations may be more accurate than conscious thought in pegging truth-tellers and liars, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...
Mar 24, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exploring the factors that influence people's ability to detect lies online
The internet has given rise to new forms of deceit and misinformation, including phishing attacks, romance scams and fake news. While many psychological studies have investigated the factors that influence people's ability ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Men, women lie about sex to match gender expectations
People will lie about their sexual behavior to match cultural expectations about how men or women should act – even though they wouldn't distort other gender-related behaviors, new research suggests.
May 28, 2013
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Study: We lie when we're short on time or feel justified to do so
(Medical Xpress)—Almost all of us have been tempted to lie at some point, whether about our GPA, our annual income, or our age. But what makes us actually do it?
Sep 5, 2012
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