Deception – can we tell?

SciBar (originally created by the British Science Association) has events allover the country, and is simply a group of people discussing science in a bar following a talk by a guest speaker. The synopsis for this planned event: Lying is a common social phenomenon, but why do people lie, how good are we at identifying lies, and what behaviours may indicate deception?

Dr Clea Wright is going to test your ability to spot lies, explore the psychological reasons why liars might behave differently to truth-tellers, and examine some behaviours that may be related to deception.

Clea is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Chester. Her main teaching and supervision areas are in Investigative and Forensic Psychology while her research interests lie primarily in real world deceptive behaviour, and in various aspects of investigative interviewing.

Examples include investigating deceptive behaviour in real life high stakes situations, police accuracy in detecting real world deception, individual differences that affect the ability to detect deception and interviewer tactics in police interviews with homicide suspects.

Speaker:  Dr Clea Wright, University of Chester

Date: Monday, 9 December, 6:30pm

Venue: The Angel Hotel, King Street, Knutsford, WA16 6HQ

Host: Knutsford SciBar

No Booking Necessary 

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