Reality Check

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Psychology professor Robert S. Feldman of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has found that most people lie routinely in daily conversation: In his study, 60 percent of test subjects lied at least once during a 10-minute conversation, with most fibbing an average of two to three times. You can increase the odds of getting the truth by speaking in person—Psychology Today has reported that people lie more on the phone.