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The science of lying, with Professor Richard Wiseman

Instant Genius

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Do You Feel Guilty When You Lies?

Some people can actually practice lying and become better at it. And hide all those things that we've just been talking about that can kind of maybe hint that you might be not telling the truth. So if you don't feel stressed when you lie, you're not going to show any of those signals. Equally, a cognitive perspective, lying is cognitively difficult. In fact, you may even end up believing the lie yourself because you've told it so many times.

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