Psychology | February 08, 2009 | 10 comments

How to tell if someone is lying

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Being able to understand when someone is lying can really help your manage your life better. Think about it for a while...wouldn't be nice if you could easily understand when someone tells you a lie? Are you living an intense live where you talk to many people and you have a sense that some of them tell lies but you do not know whom? The answer is simpler than you think...Look at the movements of the person talking to you, look at their eyes and their smile. Why? But because ... body language never tells lies!
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10 comments // How to tell if someone is lying

  • ClareW
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      ClareW  

    • It depends who it is but usually I can tell if someone's lying to me... it's not all that difficult to tell. small lies are necessary now and then anyway

    • 3 years ago
  • nursediesel
  • Argon18
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      Argon18  

    • They have been getting deep into the subject on the new show called "Lie to Me" with examing all the signals of body language and micro-expressions.

      It doesn't work all the time with everybody and it is even harder to interpret what they are lying about or for what motive.

      But it does give more information than usual if it is used correctly.

    • 3 years ago
  • Highr0ller
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      Highr0ller [removed]  
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    • This is a great subject to study.

      The best book is

      Book of Tells By Peter Collett

      This illuminating book from the resident psychologist of Channel 4's 'Big Brother' series reveals how to 'read' the thoughts of oneself and others through body language, offering a new, unifying vocabulary for understanding human communication and social influence.

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      Book of Tells
      By Peter Collett
      Edition: illustrated
      Published by Bantam, 2004
      ISBN 0553814591, 9780553814590
      400 pages

    • 3 years ago
  • Saladin
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      Saladin  

    • The bottom line is that everyone besides a pathological liar feels some kind of irk for not telling the truth and it's easy to catch if they're not really good at hiding it.

      Generally speaking, your gut is good at detecting these things. If someone's story is a little bit too complex, fits a little too well, can be explained too easily or too quickly and if they don't talk you about it as you would expect from any other conversation, they're probably lying.

      The other best way is to use context and trust your own experience. Ask yourself, "what do I do when I lie? When do I lie? Am I seeing those same things right now?" What also helps is questioning the situation, "what does the context of this excuse tell me about how likely this person is to lie?"

      That's what I use to try and catch them.

    • 3 years ago
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