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

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

In this revised edition, Paul Ekman, a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication, adds a new chapter topresent his latest research on hisgroundbreaking inquiry into lying and themethods for uncovering lies. Ekman has figuredout the most important behavioral clues todeceit; he has developed a one-hourself-instructional program that trains people to observe and understand "micro expressions"; andhe has done research that identifies the facialexpressions that show whether someone is likelyto become violent-a self-instructional programto train recognition of these dangerous signalshas also been developed.

TellingLies describes how lies vary in form andhow they can differ from other types ofmisinformation that can reveal untruths. Itdiscusses how a person's body language, voice, and facial expressions can give away a lie butstill fool professional lie hunters?even judges, police officers, drug enforcement agents, andSecret Service agents.

"[A] wealth of detailed, practical information about lying andlie detection and a penetrating analysis ofethical implications." -Jerome D. Frank, TheJohn Hopkins School of Medicine