Lie detectors: body language tells us surprisingly little about whether someone is being honest

Aldert Vrij

Lie detectors: body language tells us surprisingly little about whether someone is being honest

International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology

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Do you ever wonder if you could pass a lie detection test or imagine what it would be like to read people’s body language? Reading body language may be great for adding tension to action movie interrogation scenes, however, the truth is, there isn’t much evidence you can detect lies by watching someone’s body language.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2023

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