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Slow responses more likely to be perceived as lies, study finds – The Guardian
Research could have implications for scenarios from job interviews to court trials, say psychologists
PsychologyResearch could have implications for scenarios from job interviews to court trials, say psychologists
Tue 16 Feb 2021 14.00 GMT
The longer a person takes to respond to a question the more likely it is they will be perceived as lying whether it is a question about a crime or a friends baking skills.
Beyond volume, tenor and the pitch of an answer, response time also appears to play a role in the way people perceive the sincerity of answers, psychologists have found.
Slower responses were…
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