Most liars look straight in the eyes

Lecture



As we said before, most people think that liars are always looking away. We conducted a series of experiments during which we suggested that participants deliberately lie to each other during an interview recorded on tape. Then we used these notes in our seminars, asking the audience to determine who was lying and who was telling the truth. The facts revealed by us are contrary to the generally accepted notion of liars. Approximately 30% of liars did look away, telling lies. Our students identified them in 80% of cases, and women were, as always, more observant than men. The remaining 70% of the liars maintained eye contact with the interlocutor, suggesting that their words would sound more convincing. These people deliberately chose the opposite type of behavior, and they were right. Only 25% of our listeners caught them lying. And again, women showed the best results. Women have a sharper intuition, they clearly catch the change in voice tone, pupil dilation and other signals that gave a liar to his head. From this we can conclude that the direction of gaze is not a reliable signal for determining whether the interlocutor is lying to you. You should always pay attention to other gestures.
If a person’s gaze does not break away from your more than two-thirds of the talk time, it may mean one of two things: either the interviewee considers you interesting or attractive (in this case, his pupils will expand), or he is hostile to you (and then his pupils will narrow) . As mentioned earlier, women are perfectly able to decipher the signals of the pupils and can distinguish interest from aggression. But men are inferior to them in this. That's why an ordinary man never knows whether a woman will kiss him or slap him.

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Body language

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