In the introduction to his 1911 book, Handbook of American Indian Languages (Boas, 1911), anthropologist Franz Boas instigated the claim …

Occasional essays on the art, science and psychology of deception and counterdeception.
In the introduction to his 1911 book, Handbook of American Indian Languages (Boas, 1911), anthropologist Franz Boas instigated the claim …
“… (I forget where I read this, but if my memory serves me it was in some reliable source).” Russell …
There is a library in Edinburgh, Scotland, called The Library of Mistakes. It aims to improve understanding about how and …
A few years ago, I was scammed. I actually rather enjoyed it. It was a weekday morning, and I was …
Why is it that whenever one finishes and submits any form of work, new information instantly comes to light that …
It was a pleasure to speak recently at the Science of Magic Association (SOMA) seminar on Deception Offstage. I shared …
If you want to hide a dead body, you might consider burying it six feet underground, with a dead dog …
The past decade has seen an explosion in the number of vendors supplying cyber defence systems based on deception. The …
I spend a great deal of my time studying where deceptive thinking comes from. I am fascinated by questions such …
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” (Hemingway, 1961) Social media has brought …