WAYS TO TELL IF SOMEONE IS LYING TO YOU

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW

INSTINCTUALLY, BUT LIARS WILL BE HESITANT

TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH YOU

TO COMPLICATE THINGS, IF SOMEONE IS LYING

TO YOU THEY MIGHT MAKE TOO MUCH EYE CONTACT.

POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEY ARE AWARE THAT LIARS

ARE KNOWN TO AVOID EYE CONTACT. WE KNOW,

IT'S CONFUSING.

A LIAR TENDS TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION THAN

NECESSARY, OR TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THEY

WEREN'T EVEN ASKED IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS MAY

COME FROM A DESIRE TO JUSTIFY ONESELF

A GENUINE SHRUG INDICATING UNCERTAINTY IS USUALLY

COMPLETE AND SYMMETRICAL. A PARTIAL SHRUG

MAY INDICATE DECEPTION

FOR POTENTIALLY OBVIOUS REASONS LIARS ARE LIKELY

TO STUTTER. IT'S HARD TO TALK STRAIGHT WHEN

YOU'RE MAKING THINGS UP AS YOU GO!

A LIAR TENDS NOT TO USE CONTRACTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE,

"I DIDN'T DO IT" STATISTICALLY TENDS TO BE A MORE

TRUTHFUL STATEMENT THAT "I DID NOT DO IT"

A LIAR IS UNLIKELY TO EXHIBIT A DUCHENNE SMILE.

WHAT IS THAT? A DUCHENNE SMILE IS WHEN YOU USE THE

INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES AROUND YOUR EYES AS WELL

AS YOUR MAJOR MUSCLES AROUND THE MOUTH.

THE KEY WORD HERE IS INVOLUNTARY,

MEANING YOU CAN'T FAKE A TRUE SMILE.

A LIAR WILL TEND TO TURN AWAY FROM YOU OR

SHOW SIGNS OF DISCOMFORT

WHILE IT'S DIFFICULT TO SPOT, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN

VOICE PITCH INDICATES THAT SOMEBODY IS LIKELY LYING