Season 2   |   Episode 23   |   May 17, 2017

The Secrets Singles Keep While Dating with Helen Fisher

Helen Fisher has made a career of exploring how sex, romance and reproduction affect the human brain. But Helen, a renowned biological anthropologist, might be best known for her role as chief scientific advisor to the Internet dating site Match.com.

She joins me in this episode of Shared Secrets to discuss what singles lie about when they date online. She shares that men and women lie differently, and explains the motivation behind these lies. She also tells me how these minor fibs can highlight our most primal and deeply ingrained urges.