Robert Feldman

About

Robert Feldman is a social psychologist who researches and writes about lying and deception in everyday life. Author of The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships, he is Professor of Psychology and Interim Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. A winner of the College Distinguished Teacher award, he is on the Board of Directors of the Federation for the Advancement of the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Feldman received a B.A. with High Honors from Wesleyan University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Books by Robert Feldman

Recent Posts

David Ortiz, and Not Seeing the Truth

The scandal surrounding David Ortiz's alleged use of steroids has raised many questions about deception. Among the most pressing of these is why it seems we can be fooled so easily. The surprising fact is that successful deceit has less to do with the deceiver, and more to do with us.

The Fake Rockefeller

For years, an illegal immigrant from Germany fooled those he knew, including his wife, into believing he was a wealthy, cultured Rockefeller. What's even more surprising is how easy it may have been.