# How to spot a liar

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Pamela Meyer
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lies can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of "Liespotting," shows the manners and "hotspots" used by those trained to recognize deception -- and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving. (Contains mature content)

## Lectures

1. [How to spot a liar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar/6b44f6c65655), 19 min (TED's player)