As elections approach, voters are assessing the performance of their elected representatives. I have observed and written about corruption in office for two decades. The following psychology research ...

Detecting a lie isn't about finding one single "smoking gun" phrase; it’s about noticing patterns of communication. While ...

Telling lies, we’ve been taught, is a bad thing. When we lie—and are caught doing so—people see us in a new light. They realize they can’t trust us to be the person we say we are. They wonder what we ...

Few people, if any, can confidently say they have never told a lie. Lying is a universal behavior- whether a small fib or a major deception, we have all tried to wiggle out of a sticky situation with ...

Edge Hill University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. You don’t have to be in the middle of an election campaign to be concerned about your ability to spot a lie. Psychology ...