An early form of lie detection existed in India 2,000 years ago. Back then, a potential liar was told to place a grain of rice in his mouth, and chew. If he could spit out the rice, he was telling the ...

Since 1989, there have been 261 post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States. These are cases where DNA evidence irrefutably showed that the convicted felon had not committed the offense and ...

Artificial intelligence has already reshaped daily life, from writing emails to diagnosing illnesses, yet one question cuts deeper than convenience. Can a machine really know when someone is lying? A ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Police want to know if a suspect is lying, but the polygraph test comes back inconclusive. What's an exasperated interrogator to do? Increasingly, law enforcement agencies are using a ...

Recent research published in Applied Cognitive Psychology provides new evidence regarding the relationship between personality traits and the ability to lie and detect lies. The study compares ...

Parents, don’t be too insulted when your child starts lying to you at a very young age. It’s actually a sign of intelligence. Children who lie are shown to have a higher IQ and become more successful ...

One hundred percent is a number that you almost never hear in anything, even germ killers are only 99% effective), and yet here, 100% of the officers involved were convinced through statements and ...