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Telling lies : clues to deceit in the marketplace, politics, and marriage

Title
Telling lies : clues to deceit in the marketplace, politics, and marriage / Paul Ekman.
Author
Ekman, Paul.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton, 1992.

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Description
366 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
Describes gestures and other clues that indicate a person may be lying, explains why people lie, and discusses the controversy surrounding lie detector tests.
Subject
  • Truthfulness and falsehood
  • Lie detectors and detection
  • Deception
  • Lie Detection
  • Deception
  • Lüge
  • Täuschung
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-350) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Lying, leakage, and clues to deceit -- Why lies fail -- Detecting deceit from words, voice, or body -- Facial clues to deceit -- Dangers and precautions -- The polygraph as lie catcher -- Lie checking -- Lie catching in the 1990s -- Lies in public life.
ISBN
  • 0393308723
  • 9780393308723
LCCN
92246569
OCLC
  • ocm26036219
  • 26036219
  • SCSB-1975492
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library