Videos on Lying, Deception, and Lie Detection
 

Chapter 8: Paul Eckman: Detecting Liars
What are the lie detection methods mentioned by Eckman?

Matsumoto on Microexpressions

 Michael Shermer Tests the Polygraph and Lie Detection Part 1
    Shermen is with the Skeptical Inquirer

    How reliable are polygraph tests?
    In what contexts should they be used?

 Michael Shermer Tests the Polygraph and Lie Detection
                (Focus is on reading body language)

    How reliable are the lie detection methods?
    How would you feel if she were determining your guilt or innocence in a trial?
   

Reading on Lying, Deception, and Lie Detection
(not required reading)

Ekman, P. 1997. Lying and deception. In Memory for Everyday and Emotional Events, Stein,
 N.L., P.A. Ornstein, B. Tversky, and C. Brainerd, eds. Mahway, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Available at http://www.paulekman.com/pdfs/lying_and_deception.pdf.

Ekman, P. (1996) Why don’t we catch liars?
Social Research, 63, 801-817.
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Ekman, P. & O’Sullivan, M. Who can catch a liar?
American Psychologist, 1991, 46, 913-120.
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