How to Detect Lie Detection

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Most of the, you know, h polly polygraph doesn't work. We usually think it'sits, its just emotions, that anxiety is a cue for lying. But we can use unanticipated questions to try and get past what people are showing us. What year were you born? Well, now they ere probly enough to do some math. They probably didn't think about that in advance.

Eric Barker is the author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong, which has sold over half a million copies. Eric is also a sought-after speaker, having given talks at MIT, Yale, Google, the United States Military Central Command (CENTCOM), and the Olympic Training Center.

Eric's newest book, Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong, is available now!

Learn more about Eric at bakadesuyo.com.

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