If you are like me, you tend to trust until someone deceives you or lets you down in some untrustworthy way. Over the years I have become a little less trusting and a little more suspicious of people, but still - how do you know when some one is lying? Is it the tell-tale darting of the eyes, the wringing of the hands, or is it the obviously, impromptu tall tale?
Here is a good read about how to tell when someone is lying. Some highlights:
- Physical expression will be limited and stiff, with few arm and hand movements. Hand, arm and leg movement are toward their own body the liar takes up less space.
- Timing and duration of emotional gestures and emotions are off a normal pace. The display of emotion is delayed, stays longer than it would naturally, then stops suddenly.
- Expressions are limited to mouth movements when someone is faking emotions (like happy, surprised, sad, awe, )instead of the whole face. For example; when someone smiles naturally their whole face is involved: jaw/cheek movement, eyes and forehead push down, etc.
- A liar will use your words to make an answer to a question. When asked, "Did you eat the last cookie?" The liar answers, "No, I did not eat the last cookie."
