In the latest episode of 'De Nacht van NTR Wetenschap' presenter Rijk Landsmeer dives into the fascinating world of lies together with behavioural economist Sophie van der Zee of Erasmus School of Economics.
On average, people lie twice in a ten-minute conversation, a statistic that emphasises the complexity and ubiquity of deception in our daily interactions. Sophie van der Zee, Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Economics and founder of the Deception Research Society, shares her insights in the broadcast on why we lie, how to detect lies and in what ways one can even become better at lying. Her expertise sheds light on the psychological and social mechanisms behind deception and offers listeners practical knowledge to distinguish truth from lies.
In the podcast, Van der Zee distinguishes between different forms of lying. There is the phenomenon of ‘bullshitting’, which effectively amounts to bluffing your way through something, but it is also common for people to adamantly deny things that are actually true. Van der Zee also answers a series of questions from callers during the podcast.
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The one hour conversation with Sophie can be listened here (NPO Radio 1 website), or as a podcast on Spotify.
For more information, please contact Ronald de Groot, Media & Public Relations Officer at Erasmus School of Economics: rdegroot@ese.eur.nl, mobile: +31 6 53 641 846.
