Category Archives: Analysis

Speech and Deception: Pauses

Speech and Deception: Pauses The most common vocal deception clues are pauses, being too long or too frequent. Suspicion is aroused when a person hesitates when starting to speak (particularly if the start is answering a question). Too many shorter … Continue reading

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What Brings Out the Worst In Humanity..?

What brings out the worst in people, groups and cultures? Interested to know what you think – there’s plenty more to add to the list, however I stuck to my top 3.

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What is the Brokaw Hazard?

When Tom Brokaw was the interviewer on NBC TV’s “Today Show,” he described how he detected deception; “Most of the clues I get from people are verbal, not physical. I don’t look at a person’s face for signs that he … Continue reading

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What is the Ostrich Effect?

The Ostrich Effect is when people aren’t motivated to believe negative information (e.g. deception, risky financial situations) as it isn’t in their best interests to do so – or it’s avoiding the fear of psychological “discomfort”. This is how some … Continue reading

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Duping Delight

Duping delight is when a liar is secretly extremely pleased that their lie is being believed, and their delight leaks through in the form of suppressed smiling. Duping delight can be difficult to notice. To me duping delight comes across … Continue reading

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Is Shane Carey Guilty?

This is the “raw” interview of Shane Carey, fiance to Heidi Broussard who is currently missing at the time of this post. In my opinion, he’s showing too much smiling, very little upper facial movement, not getting the feeling of … Continue reading

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Slip of the Tongue (Freudian Slip)

Watching this short clip, can you pick what Josh says that indicates he knows that his wife is already dead?   Slips of the tongue (also referred to as Freudian slips) is a mistake in speech that often betrays an … Continue reading

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Ashley Kavanaugh on the Brett Kavanaugh Allegations

A snapshot of Ashley Kavanaugh being asked; “When this came out, what did you say to your husband? Did you question him…?” 0.20 Ashley nods while saying “it was really hard” 0.23 Ashley say’s “He’s decent,” head shake. 0.24 “Kind,” … Continue reading

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The Truth Behind Lie to Me

The Beginning It was the very successful producer Brian Grazer’s idea, not mine. Googling him, I learned that Brian had produced A Beautiful Mind, and many other blockbusters. One of his assistants called, asking for a meeting to discuss creating … Continue reading

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Donald Trump’s Body Language

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