{"id":24349,"date":"2023-02-20T09:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T08:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=137465"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T09:35:13","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: The science of lying, with Professor Richard Wiseman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Think you can tell when someone\u2019s being dishonest with you? Think again. <\/p>

By Daniel Bennett\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 20 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we\u2019re talking about lying (promise).<\/p>\n

Think you can tell when someone\u2019s being dishonest with you? Think again. Richard Wiseman<\/a>, a professor of the public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire and host of the new podcast On Your Mind<\/em><\/a>, busts the common myths around lie-detecting and reveals how you can identify if someone\u2019s really telling the truth.<\/p>\n\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-fungal-infections\/"\">Fungal infections, with Dr Rebecca Drummond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-get-more-time-in-your-day\/"\">How to get more time in your day, with Dr Ashley Whillans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/news\/worlds-ageing-population\/"\">The world\u2019s ticking demographic time bomb, with Prof Jane Falkingham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-science-persuasion\/"\">The science of persuasion, with Prof Vanessa Bohns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/instant-genius-podcast-light-pollution\/"\">Light pollution, with Dr Greg Brown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham\/"\">How to enhance your focus with sound, with Dr Nick Perham<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Think you can tell when someone\u2019s being dishonest with you? Think again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24350,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/02\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Think you can tell when someone\u2019s being dishonest with you? Think again.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}