Can you tell when someone is lying? You may think you have a sense about this, but the answers may surprise you.
We’re talking to forensic linguist Professor Georgina Heydon on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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Georgina Heydon is a forensic linguist, and she’s concerned with making sure that police use good interview techniques that are likely to provide good information. She’s written extensively on lying and lie detection. Are there any “tells”? Do certain words, phrases, or even tenses indicate lying?
Thanks to Professor Heydon for this interview, and thanks to the International Association of Forensic Linguists for making this interview possible.
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Show notes
Press Release – Mudburra and Jingulu to English Dictionaries Launched | Papulu Apparr-Kari
https://www.papak.com.au/about-us/news/2019/press-release
(PDF) The art of deception: Myths about lie detection in written confessions
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235697160_The_art_of_deception_Myths_about_lie_detection_in_written_confessions
618: Mr. Lie Detector – This American Life
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/618/transcript
The Truth About Lie Detectors (aka Polygraph Tests)
https://www.apa.org/research/action/polygraph
Statement Analysis: What Do Suspects’ Words Really Reveal? | Crime & Clues
https://crimeandclues.com/2013/03/02/statement-analysis-what-do-suspects-words-really-reveal/
COLUMN ONE : Why Does a Mother Kill Her Child? : The fate of two young brothers in South Carolina has forced Americans to confront painful questions. – Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-05-mn-58753-story.html
Transcript
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