Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage / Edition 3

by Paul Ekman

Overview

From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie and how can they be caught?

In this revised edition, Paul Ekman, a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication, adds a new chapter to present his latest research on his groundbreaking inquiry into lying and the methods for uncovering lies. Ekman has figured out the most important behavioral clues to deceit; he has developed a one-hour self-instructional program that trains people to observe and understand "micro expressions"; and he has done research that identifies the facial expressions that show whether someone is likely to become violent—a self-instructional program to train recognition of these dangerous signals has also been developed.

Telling Lies describes how lies vary in form and how they can differ from other types of misinformation that can reveal untruths. It discusses how a person’s body language, voice, and facial expressions can give away a lie but still fool professional lie hunters?even judges, police officers, drug enforcement agents, and Secret Service agents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393337457
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	01/26/2009
Edition description:	Revised Edition
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	261,622
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Paul Ekman, director of Paul Ekman Group, is the author of Emotions Revealed, Emotional Awareness (coauthored with the Dalai Lama), and twelve other books. The FOX series Lie to Me was based on his research. A professor emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco, he lives in the Bay area.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the Third Edition	7
	Acknowledgments	11
1	Introduction	15
2	Lying, Leakage, and Clues to Deceit	25
3	Why Lies Fail	43
4	Detecting Deceit From Words, Voice, or Body	80
5	Facial Clues to Deceit	123
6	Dangers and Precautions	162
7	The Polygraph as Lie Catcher	190
8	Lie Checking	240
9	Lie Catching in the 1990s	279
10	Lies in Public Life	299
11	New Findings and Ideas About Lying and Lie Catching	325
	Epilogue	347
	Appendix	353
	Reference Notes	363
	Index	375

Editorial Reviews

"[A] wealth of detailed, practical information about lying and lie detection and a penetrating analysis of the ethical implications."

Jerome D. Frank

Ekman [is] a pioneer in emotions research and nonverbal communication. . . . Accurate, intelligent, informative, and thoughtful. —New York Times Book Review

Carol Z. Malatesta