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Duped Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception

Timothy R. Levine

A scrupulous account that overturns many commonplace notions about how we can best detect lies and falsehoods From the advent of fake news to climate-science denial and Bernie Madoff’s appeal to investors, people can be astonishingly gullible. Some people appear authentic and sincere even when the...

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48 Hours

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48 Hours

It explored the phenomenon of coerced confessions and highlighted the reasons why innocent people might falsely confess to a crime, focusing on the interrogation process.

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Why Innocent People Confess and Why We Believe Their Confessions.

— Episode: Discerning the Truth: Interrogations and...

Episode: Discerning the Truth: Interrogations and False Con...

It explored the phenomenon of coerced confessions and highlighted the reasons why innocent people might falsely confess to a crime, focusing on the interrogation process.

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Why Innocent People Confess and Why We Believe Their Confessions.

So explain to me what was going on in Melissa's... If she didn't kill this baby, what is going on through her mind?

I cannot crawl into her head and answer that question, but I can tell you that it happens both ways in general.

In fact, when you read interrogation manuals, they will tell you the overarching goal is to increase the anxiety associated with denial and decrease the anxiety associated with confession.

The book is duped, why innocent people confess and why we believe their confessions.

Hidden Brain

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Hidden Brain

It explored the phenomenon of false confessions, delving into why innocent people confess to crimes they didn't commit and why others readily believe them.

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Sal Kassan is a psychologist at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He's the author of Duped--Why Innocent People Confess and Why We Believe Their Confessions.

— Episode: Did I Really Do That?

Episode: Did I Really Do That?

It explored the phenomenon of false confessions, delving into why innocent people confess to crimes they didn't commit and why others readily believe them.

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Sal Kassan is a psychologist at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He's the author of Duped--Why Innocent People Confess and Why We Believe Their Confessions.

Revisionist History

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Revisionist History

Host Malcolm Gladwell featured Timothy R. Levine’s book, Duped, as the foundational text for understanding deception and the social science of lying. Gladwell specifically noted that the book details Levine's influential Truth Default Theory. He concluded by asserting that there was "no better place to start" for listeners interested in the mechanics of how deception works.

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Episode: The Queen of Cuba

It was described as a great place to begin understanding how deception works. It covers Tim Levine's Truth Default Theory and explores the social science of lying and deception.

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Levine's theories are laid out in his book, Duped, Truth, Default Theory, and the Social Science of Lying and Deception.

If you want to understand how deception works, there is no better place to start.

StarTalk Radio

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StarTalk Radio

It was mentioned as a book recently written by Neil deGrasse Tyson's sister, Abby Tyson, highlighting the difficulty of the writing process.

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My sister Abby just wrote her second book Called Duped And I see firsthand, up close How difficult it is to write a book

— Episode: Cosmic Queries – The New Space Race

Episode: Cosmic Queries – The New Space Race

It was mentioned as a book recently written by Neil deGrasse Tyson's sister, Abby Tyson, highlighting the difficulty of the writing process.

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My sister Abby just wrote her second book Called Duped And I see firsthand, up close How difficult it is to write a book

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