Dr. Timothy Levine gives us the truth about lying. He has studied extensively human behavior around lying and telling the truth. Ginny discovered his work on The Truth Default Theory in Malcolm Gladwell's book Talking to Strangers and knew he'd be a perfect expert guest for the podcast. Dr. Levine breaks down for us some of the information in his studies and it may surprise you! He talks to us about lying and honesty as well as pathological liars and we of course have to touch on narcissists. He also discusses his latest book, Duped. If you're a true crime junkie, you'll definitely want to grab a copy. You do not want to miss this episode!

Dr. Timothy Levine is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at University of Alabama at Birmingham .  Levine teaches and conducts research on topics related to deception, interpersonal communication, persuasion and social influence, cross-cultural communication, and social scientific research methods.  In addition to teaching graduate and undergraduate classes, Levine does training for police, attorneys, and people in the intelligence and counterintelligence communities.  Before UAB, he held faculty appointments at Korea University, Michigan State University, Indiana University and University of Hawaii.  Levine has published more than 140 refereed journal articles reporting original research related to communication and he is an internationally recognized leader in deception research.  He is the author or co-author of Information Manipulation Theory, Truth-Default Theory, the Veracity Effect, the Probing Effect, and the Park-Levine Probability Model.  His research on deception has been funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, and the FBI.  His current research focuses on what makes some people more believable than others and on effective interrogation strategies. Levine’s new book, Duped, describes his program of research on deception relevant to Truth-Default Theory. He has done training and workshops for the FBI BAU, NSA, various military groups, and various prosecutors. His work has recently been covered in NYT, CNN, and Newsweek.

You can learn more about Dr. Levine's work on his website: http://timothy-levine.squarespace.com/

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