Pamela Meyer: How to spot a liar

Originally shared by Avinash Kaushik


How To Spot A Liar

This is a really great talk. While Pamela take a little while to get into the spotting part (gets really good at 8 mins or so), the earlier context is very good (and funny).

I've spoken to people who are good at this, who are good at reading "micro expressions," who train CIA agents in techniques... and across the board they say that no matter how much you learn about this, your body/face/expressions will betray you. Some of these techniques are so good because as humans we can't really control them.

But it is non-trivial to be trained to recognize them. 

At the very least you'll be a little more aware of when you might be lying, :), or when someone might be lying to you.

#humanity  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_6vDLq64gE

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