This Psychology Today article spells out strategies for effectively telling lies. I was interested, as a reader who wants to better understand how to detect lying. But then again, I might be lying.
How to tell lies effectively
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:July 20, 2010
- Post category:Communication / Psychology Cognition
- Post comments:1 Comment
Tags: telling lies dishonesty
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
The best liars also are confident in their ability to lie credibly. Many of the "tells" of lying are physical manifestations of nervousness or fear of getting caught.