HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE LYING TO YOU

ACCORDING TO A STUDY IN THE JOURNAL OF

NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOUR, LIARS BLINK LESS

FREQUENTLY DURING THE LIE AND THEN SPEED

UP TO ABOUT 8 TIMES FASTER AFTERWARDS.

CROSSED ARMS ARE TYPICALLY NEVER A POSITIVE

SIGN IN CONVERSATION. THEY ARE THE OPPOSITE OF

HAVING YOUR ARMS OPEN WITH YOUR PALMS OUT WHICH

INDICATES WARMTH, INCLUSIVENESS, AND OBVIOUSLY

OPENNESS. ALTHOUGH CROSSED ARMS BY THEMSELVES

DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN SOMEBODY IS LYING,

THEY ARE JUST ANOTHER SIGN TO LOOK FOR.

A LIAR WILL OFTEN USE YOUR OWN WORDS IN THEIR

RESPONSE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ASK SOMEONE,

"DID YOU DEFLATE MY TYRE?" THEY MAY ANSWER

"NO I DID NOT DEFLATE YOUR TIRE"

A PERSON'S PUPILS WILL DILATE IF THEY ARE LYING.

IN FACT, BECAUSE THIS IS AN INVOLUNTARY BEHAVIOUR

THIS IS USUALLY A MUCH BETTER INDICATOR THAN SOME

OF THE OTHERS ON THIS LIST

SOMEONE WHO IS LYING WILL TEND TO GIVE A VERY

SPECIFIC DENIAL. RATHER THAN MAKING BROAD

SWEEPING STATEMENTS LIKE "I NEVER DO"

A LIAR WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO SAY

"I DID NOT DO THIS AT THAT TIME WITH THIS PERSON"

WHEN SOMEONE IS LYING THEY WILL OFTEN

PURSE THEIR MOUTH AND LIPS

LIARS WILL OFTEN TOUCH THEIR FACE, NOSE, OR

MOUTH WITH ABOVE AVERAGE FREQUENCY

PEOPLE WHO TRY TO OBFUSCATE THE TRUTH WILL

TEND TO OVER-FOCUS ON IRRELEVANT DETAILS