Why You Can't Tell When Someone Is Lying to You

Description

We like to think we can spot a liar by reading their body language, but most of the so-called telltale signs of dishonesty are surprisingly unreliable. The truth is, we're not nearly as good at judging deception as we think we are, no matter how confident we feel about our instincts. Research consistently shows that people detect lies at rates barely above chance, suggesting that our confidence in reading others often exceeds our actual ability to do so.