Wall Street Journal: Deception detectors find a new niche

Release Date: January 4, 2011 This content is archived.

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Mark Frank, professor of psychology, is quoted in an article in the Wall Street Journal about institutional investors who are using behavior specialists to weed out dishonest fund managers. Frank said that in recent months he has repeatedly turned down requests to analyze subjects for Wall Street firms. He also was quoted in a Psychology Today article titled "Secrets of Special Agents" that looks at techniques professionals use to tell whether someone is lying.

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