Bella M. DePaulo b. 1954
Professor Bella DePaulo is an expert on the psychology of
lying and detecting lies. Spanning more than three decades, DePaulo’s studies
and research on deception have resulted in dozens of published papers and
chapters and several books. With so-called professional “lie detectors”
(police, customs officials…) being no more accurate at detecting deception than
laypersons, DePaulo helps us understand why we are so bad at detecting
deception (and so good at lying, showing what science has to say about deception;
people’s beliefs and stereotypes, sex differences, big liars and everyday lies.
Her work on the visual channels involved is an important contribution to the
field, as is her writing on our unconscious gut-level detection. In more recent
years DePaulo has turned her attention to single life and how we live now.
Read The Psychology of Lying and Detecting Lies
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