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Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?

Updated Sunday, 19 September 2021

Some money has been stolen - everyone denies taking it but some people are lying. Can you work out who is telling the truth and who is being dishonest? Find out in our interactive...

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Christine Plant 5 June 2025 11:02AM

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Very interesting it made me Look carefully at their reactions the more they said the more I doubted them

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An interesting range of interviews, and I found the various interviewees to be difficult at times to read.

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Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?

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