Slow responses more likely to be perceived as lies, study finds

Research could have implications for scenarios from job interviews to court trials, say psychologists

The longer a person takes to respond to a question the more likely it is they will be perceived as lying - whether it is a question about a crime or a friend's baking skills.

Beyond volume, tenor and the pitch of an answer, response time also appears to play a role in the way people perceive the sincerity of answers, psychologists have found.