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‘No such thing as a poker face’: expert advice on how to lie and not get caught

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The Traitors final airs on BBC on Friday at 8.30pm on BBC One .

Psychologist Richard Wiseman gives his view on how to tell a good lie.

He says lying for a reason or at least a reason that convinces the liar it is just will lower anxiety about lying.

Verbal cues tend to be more accurate such as ums and ahs’, missing details and displaying uncertainty.

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