When I ask people if they have ever met a pathological liar, most say that they have. They report that these people spew falsehoods with no apparent concern for the truth, no obvious gain, no sense of ...

Watching a liar fumble under the spotlight is a universal guilty pleasure. Whether it's high-stakes DNA reveals or the ...

Michael Cooper writing in today’s NYT (“Facts Take a Beating In Acceptance Speeches“): Representative Paul D. Ryan used his convention speech on Wednesday to fault President Obama for failing to act ...

Lying is at least as old as the "oldest profession" - and probably much older than that. But that's not all bad. In the natural world, lying may be a matter of life and death, and animals routinely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Few people, if any, can confidently say they have never told a lie. Lying is a universal behavior- ...

I am starting to suspect that my new co-worker is a pathological liar. At first, it seemed harmless. He mostly told personal stories with details that were easily verifiable as lies, or I’d overhear ...