Good to Know: Signs of Lies

04.12.2023 00:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:21

Lying allows a person to gain perceived control over a situation by manipulating it.

This is a defense mechanism that a liar thinks allows him to avoid opening up and revealing his true self to another person for various reasons.

Where does a person look when he or she lies and when they remember

If a person is lying, as a rule, he avoids making eye contact so as not to give himself away.

However, some liars, on the contrary, try to make eye contact with their interlocutor as often as possible.

A direct “eye to eye” look always gives credibility to the story, which is successfully used by many sophisticated and experienced deceivers.

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If a right-handed person looks up and to the right while answering, his brain uses his imagination, which means he comes up with an answer.

When a person lies about what he heard, he looks clearly to the right.

If you ask a right-handed person what he heard, he will look in the direction of his left ear, trying to remember the auditory information.

What does it mean if a person looks away when talking

The person will look away to be “in his head.”

There is accurate data: in order for interlocutors to experience psychological comfort from communication, the “eye to eye” look should last 2/3 of the entire conversation time, and a single meeting of the pupils should last about 20 seconds.

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How to understand that a person is lying by intonation

Simply put, understand what is normal for him: he tends to slowly draw out his words or he jabbers, he has expressive intonations or a monotonous “mumbling”.

You need to pay attention to pronunciation features, special terms, filler words and the frequency of their use.

Diana Dashkevich Author: Diana Dashkevich Editor internet resource


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  1. Where does a person look when he or she lies and when they remember
  2. What does it mean if a person looks away when talking
  3. How to understand that a person is lying by intonation