With the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, the United States now again finds itself in the crosshairs of most terrorist organizations out there. Under such circumstances, figuring out when someone is lying is critical, and this is precisely what a new study helps people do. The findings it presents could b... |
12 May 2011
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In an attempt that could have massive repercussions for both the legal system of the United States and the field of neuroscience, an attorney from Brooklyn plans to introduce brain scans as evidence that a witness is being truthful. The trial is scheduled to take place this week and, if admitted, the scans would repr... |
5 May 2010
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Experts at the University of Haifa, in Israel, have recently developed a new method of detecting if a person is telling the truth, based entirely on the way that person writes. Eye-movement analysis, body-language assessments and other such techniques are no longer necessary, the developers of the new method write. T... |
21 September 2009
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It would appear that the big corporations have taken an active interest in fighting for lost causes. In the last such battle, the oil giant Exxon was proven to still be supporting conservatory lobby groups, which advocate that global warming is not real. Or if it is, it's not caused by us. And if it is, it'... |
2 July 2009
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University of California in Davis (UCD) history professor Kathryn Olmsted has only recently published her new book, “Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11,” the third in a series of works created to let people know of the lies, deceit and conspiracies they were subjected to by th... |
17 March 2009
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According to a new scientific study, which has appeared in the latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science, politicians are very likely to try to use fear so as to make people agree with decisions they would otherwise regret. This behavior is very obvious in pols around the world, but especially, some s... |
5 March 2009
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Psychologists say that there is a sort of natural drive that makes people want to lie uncontrollably when they find themselves in certain situations, where telling the truth could make them look bad in the eyes of close friends, relatives, co-workers or peers. A low sense of self-esteem can also trigger a higher inci... |
22 December 2008
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