Can You Spot The Liar?

Could you catch someone in a lie? It's harder than you think!
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[@pmx1000_]

i feel bad for Dr. Kang Lee's kids already

[@lizzy_1744]

they have no way to escape

[@tamcar04]

Okay?! It's over before it even can start!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@D3sToD3s]

"Lie to Me" deals with this topic rather entertainingly.its on netflix btw

[@CosmicErrata]

4:04 - "The Buffalo in the nose goes up."

[@koenigseggagera8255]

D3sToD3s Love that show

[@sawsonex3215]

Wtf kid nr.1 answered real sketchy, I thought he lied!

[@raidzor5452]

In fact I guessed 1,2 and 4

[@joyjoyoo]

right? he even shifted his eyes!

[@qui_dit_ben4528]

N2 was nodding, and sometimes when you lie saying "no" you not "yes". The opposite also happens, so I though she was lying

[@Danilego]

I guessed 1 and 2 because number 1 looked a bit embarrassed after, and number 2 said something else

[@laurenjulia1552]

@@joyjoyoo yeah but you shouldnt really use that as a basis, it's not 100% reliable. Some people can lie without shifting their eyes

[@quahntasy]

Kid no. 1 was sketchy as hell, I thought he was lieing.

[@user-pn7yf1iz5k]

Quahntasy - Animating Universe yea that’s what I thought

[@detectivebushey1751]

Quahntasy - Animating Universe really if you were good at telling the difference you would of got it, it was kinda obvious

[@lelrond]

​@@detectivebushey1751 r/iamverysmart

[@depression8288]

imo he looked like he was tryna get caught so i was sure it was the truth or he was told to do that

[@emmymarlene5022]

Quahntasy - Animating Universe lying*

[@TommoCarroll]

Yeah - when someone in bed says "I'm standing up" you just say "You're lying"... Done.

[@AxxLAfriku]

Help I need 14,000 subs by the end of this week or my two girlfriends will leave me for my brother Rego

[@bryonysanchez4424]

@@AxxLAfriku say rego i said well done

[@oofermcooferson8972]

Who says that?

[@jaidynnguyen2548]

AxxL Plz dont

[@Mars8765]

AxxL beggar

[@Onsvaltti]

Can you really say that you have a neutral face when you are so full of sass that all the drag queens faint on the 5 mile radius?

[@LivingLegacy77]

I thought the same haha That's the most expressive 'neutral' face I've ever seen.

[@qpSubZeroqp]

yeah, i'm bad at seeing who lies. i thought 1 and 2 were lying.

[@matthewledbetter6318]

SubZero yea same but he just said your not necessarily good at detecting lies because it’s a 50% chance of getting it right lol

[@Andromeda-mz1qk]

SubZero I thought one and 3 were lying

[@nekori.]

I only thought 3 was lying.

[@f3nt0]

Cause they hesitate first, right?

[@ba.nguyen]

I thought it was 1 and 3

[@LiquidWolfmans]

It's almost impossible to detect lies when you don't know the person's baseline (their default behaviour when they are telling the truth). The scenario is also framed so that there are only rewards and no consequences to lying. It also doesn't help that you're only asking a single question and the conversation ends immediately after that question. The problem is our goal is trying to detect lies instead of trying to discover the truth. Asking "Did you cheat?" can be very accusatory and it usually conveys that you don't really care about them. In the case of children, it usually means they won't feel bad about lying to you. We should be asking "What did you do after I left the room?". We would then ask them to elaborate on the details, the reasoning behind it, and how they felt during that time. If they get defensive or angry after a few questions, then that's usually a good indicator that they're trying to hiding something.

[@kfazzio]

In a discussion with a friend: "Did you eat my chocolate?" -"Um no" "You're lying." -"wdym I'm lying?" "I have taken a test and I passes so I can tell when someone is lying" -"Ok.Cool. but I'm not" "I KNOW IT ALREADY BRUH ADMIT IT" -I DIDNT F*CKING DO IT, CHILL" *her brother comes in* "Hey I ate your chocolate, i'll buy you one later" :-)

[@Dcwest0616-the-best-on-youtube]

mqaroon lmfao wow

[@layme7315]

“Johnny Johnny.” “Yes papa?” *”Telling lies”*

[@symphonyreturnstswizzlevev8309]

Layme No papa

[@atheris1641]

Yes patriarchal figure I was indeed uttering words that were untrue and I shall now confirm your suspicions by emitting a sound that is referred to as “laughter”

[@chillfreezestories6153]

No... WAIT IS THAT THE LIE DETECTOR??!

[@nickd5027]

Papa is the expert on catching a liar

[@laneyl2784]

Nick D He is

[@Lwoods1717]

So...Pinnochio is based on scientific facts. When you lie, your nose does get longer...sort of.

[@TommoCarroll]

I for one never doubted whether a story about a toy being turned into a real boy was based on scientific facts. It's just clearly accurate. 😅

[@lazarspopov]

The author based in on experience. In some cultures, they say that your nose itches when you lie. They were just very observant of the phenomes occurring in their own body. That is why I have learned to trust a bit of folklore. People had hundreds of years to observe themselves so there is truth to many things.

[@crangel2183]

If Pinocchio ever says: "My nose is growing now" this will cause a paradox making his nose grow and shorten infinitely thus resulting in a black hole.

[@someguythatexists5099]

@@crangel2183 dude there's a lil thing called present and past, if his nose shortens after saying that then that's it. he said "my nose is growing" in the past he's not saying it's happening now, so he's not lying and the paradox never happens

[@aseelbakheet5556]

@@lazarspopov I agree with you her I think it is the feeling of the blood increases in your nose just like when you blush you feel the blood in your cheeks So seems like penokio writer was a liar

[@MyoticTesseract]

“It has to PEEL off the skin, like this... then you SEE the BLOOD...” uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@BybeeBunnie]

That kids image turning demonic under that scan was unexpected and I'm stressed about it lol

[@MK-hj9de]

IKR

[@vex5u]

facts

[@relivale]

Frrr

[@MindSmashReal]

this reminds me of that show Lie to me on netflix, which I think got cancelled. It messed up my interactions with people because I'd always check to see if they were lying.

[@M3Z0]

First

[@ramyawho7627]

Telling lies ? No papa

[@rockysingh6550]

Open your mouth *Hahhahhahhahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahah*

[@ramyawho7627]

Yasss

[@TatoAV]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Goldi-Luc]

What part of video?

[@ramyawho7627]

@@Goldi-Luc no part .... issa memeee

[@coleschofield4044]

3:56 Wow, didn't know you managed to get a visit from satan.

[@siimpl3anita]

Lightwave Stimulus || lmao. that’s what i thought.

[@infinity_sh4816]

@@siimpl3anita same

[@DanielSambar]

*_(Sweats Profusely)_*

[@JaxBlade]

What if I TOLD someone I lied but I didnt LIE so wouldnt that make me a liar, But what if you're joking or just being sarcastic with someone is it different there? Cause I joke a lot with my friends which in essence can be lying when you are talkin to em but its nothing malicious or hidden xD

[@preciousvicious9025]

Yeah I wonder about that too sometimes.. does sarcasm count as lying even if we re being obviously sarcastic?

[@crystelwolf9367]

No I believe lying is just when you are trying to misdirect or hide the truth

[@Silkendrum]

You cannot define a lie. The definition belongs to the person you were talking to. If they believed you, and later you try to tell them you were just joking, you might get a skeptical look ("Yeah, sure, sarcasm. Nah, you just got caught and now you want to wiggle out of it.") And they might never trust you again. It's a lie if you allow anyone to believe an untruth.

[@chrizv.1451]

Dude you are everywhere

[@pyrosnake346]

Jaxblade Easter egg. Love the videos.

[@pokefaceify]

This was how I broke it down before assuming 1, 3, and 4 all lied. 1 looked real sketchy right after he gave his answer lol but I guess thats just him; 2 had a confident expression and tone while responding quickly, so I knew she wasn't lying; 3 swiftly considered if she was going to lie or not before giving her answer nervously, so it was an obvious lie; and 4 gave his answer while looking nervously to see if the listener bought what he said, so I was fairly sure he lied. So that's 3/4 from a psychology major lol

[@wolfcat87]

Those were my guesses as well. I only only 100% sure of number 3 though, because she behaves the way my brother did when he would lie at her age.

[@TDKingminded]

*I agree*

[@saltypotatochip4707]

I watched a ted talk by Lee (the lying researcher) that says that neutral expressions are usually mantained when lying. Kids aren`t stupid. They know that if he hide or try to hide their emotions, people will think they are telling the truth because they dont look nervous. It`s actually the other way around. Liars will usually have a suppresed nervousness. That`s why kids 1 and 2 were telling the truth. Neither had a suppresed nervousness. The girl was staright-forward and specific, and the boy was acting kind of sketchy and smiling (signs that hes not lying). I personally have noticed that liars often headshake. Another thing about lying is that liars will often not abreviate their words. For instance, instead of saying "i didn`t do it" they will say "I did not do it".

[@rakafadim2318]

i'm a psych major too but my answer is number 2 (which is wrong, lol) i thought she's sketchy because she gave details to her answer

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

One way to spot a liar is to look for inconsistencies in what he says.

[@samsev]

the video was more about what's happening internally when you lie rather than finding inconsistencies in someone's story

[@TatoAV]

He? Are you assuming the liar's gender?! Wait a second, imma dye my hair pink real quick

[@markhowardganzon8992]

How do you find inconsistencies in a yes or no?

[@Stoneybv]

Or they're nervous

[@cakemnstr42]

But people who get nervous easily have that too, maybe even for the same reason that their brain goes haywire

[@mtteo99]

Papa can always tell when Johnny is lying ha ha ha

[@robertut8311]

Ok papa

[@vandanabeekie6442]

Noo papa

[@f.b.i.5580]

God 2 years ago omfg

[@KidnapT]

YES papi

[@_c3c3]

Yo but like do u ever have those moments in your head where your like: “OMG I DID IT! But no one is gonna believe me, they’ll think i’m lying,” Then when you tell them the truth, you try to NOT act sketchy so it doesn’t look like ur lying bc it SOUNDS like ur lying then end up actually acting sketchy- *Just me? Okay...*

[@shelinabegum9390]

Relatable

[@onabarauskas1694]

No not just you.

[@avi12]

0:50 So I was 50:50 correct. Thought 1 & 3 are lying and 2 & 4 are telling the truth

[@lux7264]

Me too lol

[@clementine9187]

That's what I guessed too! #1 acted so sketchy though...

[@thex1996]

avi12 youre also 50% wrong

[@avi12]

You're right, but I look at the bright side, so I was 50% right

[@antisocialkid2107]

I thought 1,3,4 were lying lol

[@ineedausername9617]

3:56 * screams internally *

[@someperson2201]

_Laura Lee has left the chat_

[@starqazinqq_]

Dr kang : So how did you did in your exam? Kids: I got an ‘A’ Dr kang: utffytftyjtyfftyj COME RIGHT HERE

[@ppppp524]

Human beings are very bad at telling if a given person is lying. Human beings are pretty good at judging character and seeing patterns of behavior. If you have to question whether or not someone is lying, you shouldn't look at their behavior as they tell you the story. You should ask yourself, "Is this the kind of person who would lie about this kind of thing"? If you know them, you'll be right more often than not.

[@bleh1569]

Oof true

[@Subscriberswithnovideosc-ht9uc]

The weird thing is that little kids always said "liar liar pants on fire"

[@asiasmith9667]

Love things like this. Thanks AsapScience

[@alvinjr.2810]

Thats a lie

[@eaterdrinker000]

Although I always enjoy ASAP's dry-erase board animation, it was nice to have a short break from it!

[@juan3141]

*LYING RESEARCHER*

[@seanlindsey8041]

Reee Eee same

[@ZomBeeNature]

I know someone who always lies about everything. I don't know why they do it. 100% liars are nuts.

[@Daniel_Berry]

4:17 So that's why Niles Crane always got nosebleeds when he lied

[@pineapplejuice1109]

Oml yay! You watch frasier too?

[@anndillm]

Question: I'm wondering if this technique is taking into account the reactive differences between say, someone on the autistic spectrum vs someone who might just be anxious naturally? Also, are they also taking into account factors such as the mood of the individual before they walked into the experiment and the environment of the room where the experiments are taking place? In this video, it appears to all be taking place in an office-like setting, but put people into real-world scenarios, such as a retail environment, are the same factors at play?

[@ryelysquires6392]

anndillm I’m both and I can tell that you are probably right, when an anxious tells the truth it is much, much harder to grasp wether or not they’re lying as they are anxious. With the autistic people it’s pretty similar. So again, to answer the question. I honestly don’t think this does take those groups into account.

[@ruanbraga9214]

3:45 Colossal Titan

[@eleazarmoraru6532]

U can easily avoid the lying detector thing in the video by just having a false but full story in your head and basically trick the brain into thinking that's the true story.

[@135roze]

This taste... Is the taste of a liar!

[@iainturbarbie1101]

3:44 *Me when my Alarm goes of for school!*

[@Senii2100]

Thanks for so many different science content. Your creativity doesn’t ever finish.

[@Sacchidanand]

1:13 - "who is a lying researcher...... "

[@Fuzion180]

Knew number 3 was a liar! she took too long to answer, had to think about it first and just said 'mhhm' can tell signs from body language if they're lying

[@averyp7741]

If that dr kang lee guy was my parent I’d be screwed 🤣

[@jaxonbeaulieu3265]

Now papa can tell if Johnny is telling lies and eating sugar!!

[@zero1188]

lie detector machines available at Walmart for $5.99

[@anamarques7417]

zero those are not always accurate

[@simonbuechel3729]

KZbin KZbin oh you mean around the 50% accuracy?🤔

[@corneliabrandauer1960]

Simon Buechel lol

[@MultiRobotnik]

Polygraph machines are largely considered pseudoscience.

[@TDKingminded]

*hahahahahaha*

[@kosmicgr]

5:42 "One of them speaks the truth the other only lies!" xD

[@TessaSproule]

I love this format, Mitch and Greg! Great presentation of complicated information.

[@keonj]

Is it considered lying if you're unsure of your answer ?

[@TommoCarroll]

Rebeca I agree with Rebeca!

[@farazshaikh1250]

@Fuzion Shot I agree with Fuzion Shot!

[@Lightnings]

Faraz Shaikh I agree with Faraz Shaikh!

[@carsonmorris127]

Lightnings I agree with Lightnings!

[@light-master]

Speculating here, but I'd say it would call an unsure answer more of a lie than not a lie. These physiological responses are from your brain trying to concoct a scenario in your head that doesn't match reality, so you're having to use more physical resources imagine something your mind is creating right then, versus recalling stored memories. There would certainly be a gradient where you're 90% certain, so your closer to recalling memories (telling the truth) and would likely come back as truthful or inconclusive, and also where you're purely guessing, so you're using just as much resources as if you were knowingly lying. That being said, the human memory really is quite poor, so as far as verifying eye witness reports or anything, someone can easily be 100% certain of something and be actually drawing on a memory, albeit an incorrect memory. So they are not telling the truth at all, but they themselves believe that they are telling the truth, and they aren't creating a scenario in their heads, so a fMRI or the infared detector (can't remember its name from the video) would show the person is telling the truth, even though they are wrong about what actually happened.

[@helenzhong6138]

I’m not lying that I’m nervous for Chinese class today...

[@kylasantos4081]

I knew kid 3 was lying😂 Her whole action and facial expression gave it away, It's like catching my sibling lying.

[@kuttemkidd4899]

I'll stick with a lie detector lmao

[@amitlevin8841]

So you saying we need to put this machine In every Corporate media station and the White House

[@chab]

Telling lies are sometime good

[@PimpMatt0]

Sometimes it sounds like I'm lying when I'm telling the truth. My brain just triggers anxiety whenever I'm put on the spot.

[@waniraj41]

Use this on Dr. Ford and the judge! No need to protest 😂

[@chinorrata]

3:06 “But What happens if someone lies with a neutral face, watch this:” Inmediately tilts and open eyes as wide as possible

[@poopypoopooooo5808]

how to spot liars: get proof example: kid: i got an A on my test mom: show me kid: uhhhhhh

[@parsafakhar]

I totally guessed correctly 3 & 4 are trying their best to be honest and are the only one shaking their heads left and right to emphasize their honesty which makes them the liars

[@Lucascavatoni]

I was expecting them to say « BTW we lied about which kids lied » in the end because it looks so much like children 1 and 2 lied

[@11deva11]

If they used this during crimes then there would be no unsolved crimes

[@purpleprofile7897]

a person you can easily fool any test and there would be still many unsolved as they wouldn’t know who committed such crime

[@BobMcCoy]

*Bae doesn't like this video*

[@kfazzio]

_Bob McCoy HAHAHA

[@grass4655]

Most intense poker face Greg omg

[@loganbondmma]

I could’ve avoided so many beatings when my dad thought you was lying even though I wasn’t

[@anwar004gaming]

T E L L I N G L I E S ?

[@Kassidar]

N O P A P A

[@Rahulbajaj561]

My life is a LIE.

[@vatanrangani8033]

Our*

[@stashfulton]

Stop lying

[@IanChristopher]

I'm the researcher that lie, it happened so much in my uni assignment

[@ericasnyder624]

Kid 1 and 2 were smiling so I thought they were the liars, the way kid four shook his head total liar. I now see that 3 and 4 had very very straight faces.

[@dennistang4734]

If my mama gets this I’ll get whooped every day

[@c0lbv18]

Why do people get fetishes and do some specifics like feat fetish or fat fetish

[@eaterdrinker000]

I have a meat fetish

[@cassidyfaith643]

I understood every single piece of information here, no questions at all. *I'm a liar*

[@ashwinnaidoo796]

Love that you clarified when you said that kang lee was a lying expert lol

[@ahsanahmedzai6257]

Poor kids, now they won't be able to lie :(

[@cm17070]

Yes now i can spot the liar can anybody?

[@cm17070]

that's below your power

[@maura462]

love the live content with the drawing mixed in, great to see dr. kang speak on this

[@Anonymous-pf1mb]

4 year old comment but no likes 🗿

[@mimi-di2pf]

when u said "bars" my mind had violent flashbacks to the bar bar var var video

[@mahreeniftikhar8319]

Notification squad

[@TommoCarroll]

Present! Wasssssup?

[@chab]

Booooya Notification squad

[@TommoCarroll]

Hey there chab! Notification squad reporting for duty!

[@crystelwolf9367]

Greg is just on his phone in the back round xD

[@frenchtoastttt4763]

We can detect a liar right away Sociopaths hold my knife

[@okayokay1979]

Machine learning every where... You see this comment, thanks to machine learning!!!

[@sogghartha]

Brain goes haywire when lying? That explains a lot about Trump.

[@unxlestr]

Someone: *lies or tells the truth* Me:hold on I need to peel off your face for a sec cause I need to know if your lying

[@clvsidy]

Tiko needs this skill to find fake fishy

[@BioTheHuman]

I would have a perfect score on lying kids if only the first one wasn't so sketchy and ambigous 😂😂

[@Paradiddles.1]

Can I implement such technology in glasses for bluffs in Texas Hold Em? Lol

[@ElfBroYaHa]

Could be good for interrogations on sensitive criminals who can't keep calm when they lie

[@patchthefat]

Today my science teacher showed one of your videos in class, and I was like I’ve been watching you an really enjoying your videos!

[@jsummerspear]

When my friends think im lying they say "Look into my eyes."

[@n.nai.i]

I am never showing my parents this video lol

[@tlamiczka]

If they would use this method on politicians, 99% of them would have nose like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer :-D

[@phrogge2752]

I hate when I tell the truth, but my mom thinks I am lying, and I can tell that she thinks I am lying, so I start laughing, making me look more guilty.

[@ieatkids2345]

How me little brother lies He covers his mouth and laughs

[@maple6894]

This man is the most faithful person I have ever seen

[@daow4190]

Lol image dr.kang lee coming in late and lying about traffic lol

[@thetallbean1090]

when I lie being like: my brain: just ACT what you would ACT like if you didn't do it- me: oh hell naw~

[@LGdawggg]

This is so cool!! I always try to see if my Friend is Lying by making eye contact lol

[@Jashanrangpuri]

He is no a researcher who lies He is a researcher who studies lies 😂😂

[@akaizn]

So I did not need to sleep. Thanks Asap

[@jessieshen7182]

When I lie, mom says I get fidgety and play with my hands

[@arnavsadhu]

Don't know about liars but at 2:30 the girl was getting crazy thoughts about him 😂

[@lalabapu]

The best way is to focus of in the words if he doesnt give you a swift answer or start making distractions then you gottem!

[@suna173.6jm]

it's so cool that you actually got to go the lab omgg

[@DrGru]

I love Kim Jong Un... Ok I lied