Unexpected facts about lies

A group of scientists in the United States conducted research on the frequency of lying over 1,000 adult Americans. In it, the participants were asked to list the number of times they had lied in the past 24 hours.

Unbelievable facts about human lies

A person lied an average of 1.65 times / day

According to the results of the study published in Human Communication Research in 2010, summarizing from 3 small surveys, the average lie frequency of a person is 1.65 times / day.

Children start to lie from 6 months old

Research by the University of Portsmouth psychology department (UK) on 50 children and their parents showed that children began to "lie" right from the age of 6 months.

Accordingly, children pretend to cry or laugh to attract the attention of adults. By the 8th month, they began to form more complicated behaviors such as hiding their participation in prohibited activities or trying to distract their parents. When 2 years old, this behavior developed more complex to oppose the penalties of parents.

Women lie smarter and smoother than men

The survey conducted by Susan Shapiro Barash, author of Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets, found that 80% of participants admitted women were smarter and smarter than men.

Of these, 75% of women admit they lie in the workplace to keep their position, 75% say they often lie to their boyfriends, husbands or relatives in the family when it comes to money.

Lie by phone more popular

Research by Cornell University (USA) shows that people tend to lie more when communicating by phone, instead of email or face-to-face. 37% of members participate in lies when communicating over the phone. This rate in the sending group is 21%, email is 14% and face-to-face meeting is 27%.

According to scientists, telephone communication is still a kind of verbal communication, whereas email or text messaging are a kind of nonverbal communication, so the two people talking do not have to directly receive their feelings. There is also rarely a question of immediate response like talking on the phone.

The frequency of men's lies is twice that of women

According to a survey conducted by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment when the movie Lie to me Season 1 was released, men lied 42 times a week on average with their lovers, wives, bosses and colleagues. Thus, their lie frequency is 2,184 times / year and about 126,672 times in a lifetime.

In contrast, women lie the most three times a day, so their lie frequency is 1,092 times per year and 68,796 times in a lifetime.

The most common lie: 'Nothing. You are okay '

According to the same Fox survey of 2,000 men and women, the most common lie of both sexes is: 'Nothing. You're fine! '.

For each gender, men often lie about their latest drink or insist that their wife / lover is not fat. Meanwhile, women tend to hide their latest shopping trip.

Women lie on average 3 times a day with their husbands, co-workers or bosses

A study shows that we tend to lie to those closest to us. So, perhaps it is not surprising that a study suggests that women lie on average three times a day with their husbands, colleagues or bosses. Sometimes lies in familiar relationships make this relationship more pleasant.

Men lie on average 6 times a day with their boss's wife and colleagues

There is an interesting surprise when the average number of lies per day for men is twice as high for women. On average, men lie 6 times a day with their wives, colleagues or bosses.

31% of the respondents ever lie on the record

There are many people who lie and write untrue things on their records in search of better jobs. These lies often involve work experience, old work, skills . On average, 31% of people lie on their records.

A lie detector does not detect a lie

Contrary to many people's beliefs, true lie detectors are unlikely to have detected a lie. Its main function is to measure anxiety levels, usually higher when we lie.

This machine can detect accurate lies with inexperienced people. But for those who are fluent and able to control the level of anxiety, this machine becomes useless.

Only 12% of adults admit 'regular' lies

Looking back at the 60% of each of us lying at least once in a 10-minute conversation, it can be seen that the 12% of adults who admit to lying often is very modest. This figure shows that there are quite a few people who dare to admit that they often lie.