Lie detection
Subject in Social Sciences
Lie detection has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Oz PearlmanAmerican mentalist, Emmy Award-winning performer, and author of Read Your Mind
Pearlman says liars often add unnecessary details, but the key signal is deviation from a person's normal baseline.
“Most of us will add unnecessary details when we lie. We'll add more details that we don't need to embellish”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How to Master Any Conversation, Communicate With Confidence, and Deal With Difficult People (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 55:11
Mel RobbinsAmerican author, podcast host and former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast
Robbins argues intuition is pattern recognition and that acting on it, even when wrong, is the only way to hone it.
“there is no other way than to act on your intuition and the pattern recognition and the sixth sense that you have, because that's the only thing that hones it”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: How to Master Any Conversation, Communicate With Confidence, and Deal With Difficult People (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 54:06
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
How to Master Any Conversation, Communicate With Confidence, and Deal With Difficult PeopleThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Jul 6, 2026 · 1 h 9 min
Mel Robbins talks with mentalist Oz Pearlman about reading people, memorable first impressions, remembering names, overcoming rejection, spotting lies, and handling difficult people.