Emotional Skills and Lie Detection for Negotiators and Lawyers
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Examining Body Language at the GOP Debate

If you want to learn what the Republican candidates in Wednesday’s debate really think and feel, then you can’t just listen to their words. You’ve got to see how they said them. Were you being lied to, deceived or in some way lead astray during last night’s debates? Could simple...

Protect Your 401 From The Next Madoff and Other Lies

How can you spot lies before you get suckered by the next Bernie Madoff? It’s no secret many of us lost big bucks on investments that the bond rating agencies like Standard & Poor’s assured us were low risk.  So is there any hope you can avoid losing money again? The New York Times reports that ...

Why Standard and Poor Misses Lies

Why Standard and Poor Misses Lies
Business “spies” now getting in ratings game, but you can learn to spot lies yourself It’s no secret many of us lost big bucks on investments that the rating agencies like Standard and Poors gave their top grades. The business “spy” who saved a kidnapped businessman is now joining the ratings game...

Win $500

Win $500
I’m offering $500 for the best story – 250 words or less – of lies or lie detection by a lawyer.  I will be using some of these in my upcoming courses for lawyers and sharing some of them in my forthcoming book, Dodging Lies and Making Deals: Every Negotiator’s Guide to Emotion,...

Scam School: How to Spot a Liar

Scam School: How to Spot a Liar
This week we’re joined by an expert in microexpressions, lie detections, and negotiation: Clark Freshman of UC San Francisco. Find out how to tell when someone’s lying, when they’re hiding something, or when you’re secretly annoying them at the bar! Part 1 <embed...

Anita v. Clarence, redux.

Anita v. Clarence, redux.
Part III of Hastings Law Prof. Clark Freshman’s IDN visit was posted on the CPR site and iTunes yesterday, on how to detect lies and liars–and avoid becoming one yourself by falling prey to natural temptations to self deception. Very timely move by our host Mike McIlwrath, because the discussion...

Podcast Interviews

Podcast Interviews
Clark has done a number of podcast interviews with Conflict Prevention & Resolution in their International Dispute Negotiation podcast series. They are also duplicated here: IDN 38 – Detecting Lies and Concealing Emotions: The Ekman Group’s Clark Freshman on Negotiating Clip length/Date: (27:09min...

How to Detect Lies

There are liars everywhere, here’s how to detect their lies: Look them in the eyes Do this and that Never look them in the...

Botox and Lie Detection

Botox and Lie Detection
A recent study on Botox reminds us of a special twist on microexpressions and lying: when we can’t feel an emotion, we may have trouble sensing it in others. New research suggests that those whose botox prevents them from frowning are less able to see sadness in others. Does this matter to those of us...

Bombing Professor and Duping Delight

Bombing Professor and Duping Delight
One key microexpression for detecting deception and lies with sociopaths like Hitler and others: duping delight.  The latest example: Amy Bishop, accused of killing three faculty members in Alabama.  When questioned in an earlier case, a witness said: “I don’t know why she was smirking.  It was a...