how to tell if someone is telling lies?

Answer 1

Use a retinoscope, because someone who tells a lie temporarily has slightly lowered eyesight! It works every time! Read this, taken from a book by William Bates; it's very interesting:

I may claim to have discovered that telling lies is bad for the eyes, and whatever bearing this circumstance may have upon the universality of defects of vision, the fact can easily be demonstrated. If a patient can read all the small letters on the bottom line of the test card, and either deliberately or carelessly miscalls any of them, the retinoscope will indicate an error of refraction. In numerous cases patients have been asked to state their ages incorrectly, or to try to imagine that they were a year older or a year younger than they actually were, and in every case when they did this the retinoscope indicated an error of refraction. A patient twenty-five years old had no error of refraction when he looked at a blank wall without trying to see; but if he said he was twenty-six, or if someone else said he was twenty-six, or if he tried to imagine that he was twenty-six, he became myopic. The same thing happened when he stated or tried to imagine that he was twenty-four. When he stated or remembered the truth his vision was normal, but when he stated or imagined an error he had an error of refraction.

Two little girl patients arrived one after the other one day, and the first accused the second of having stopped at Huyler's for an ice-cream soda, which she had been instructed not to do, being somewhat too much addicted to sweets. The second denied the charge, and the first, who had used the retinoscope and knew what it did to people who told lies, said:

"Do take the retinoscope and find out."

I followed the suggestion, and having thrown the light into the second child's eyes, I asked:

"Did you go to Huyler's?"

"Yes," was the response, and the retinoscope indicated no error of refraction. "Did you have an ice-cream soda?"

"No," said the child; but the telltale shadow moved in a direction opposite to that of the mirror, showing that she had become myopic and was not telling the truth.

The child blushed when I told her this and acknowledged that the retinoscope was right; for she had heard of the ways of the uncanny instrument before and did not know what else it might do to her if she said any thing more that was not true.

So sensitive is this test that if the subject, whether his vision is ordinarily normal or not, pronounces the initials of his name correctly while looking at a blank surface without trying to see, there will be no error of refraction; but if he miscalls one initial, even without any consciousness of effort, and with full knowledge that he is deceiving no one, myopia will be produced.

Answer 2

Lieing is differen't for everyone. In poker, there are many expressions or ways that they handle their bluff. They don't look at their opponents, they touch their forehead, they hold their breath, etc.

For me..I can tell is someone is lying by feeling like they are. If I am around someone and I feel tense or uncomfortable by what they are saying then I assume they are telling me lies.

Other ways to tell are clearing their throat, looking in another direction or down, stuttering, act nervous, act uncomfortable. Anything that triggers as odd.

One thing that has always worked for me is asking them. If they pull the defensive "how can you think that..." and avoiding the question to make you feel guilty that you don't trust them...then..why would they want to avoid that question..wouldn't a honest person want to say "no, i wouldn't lie to you".

Answer 3

eyes, they will avoid direct eye contact and tend to look towards the floor. Men - watch the adams apple, they will swallow more when scared.
However - when a person can begin to believe their own lies they can trump these telltale signs.

Answer 4

Watch their eye movement. Your eyes will move in different directions when you are creating information and when you are recalling it. IF you ask. "What did you have for breakfast this morning." That is a recall question and the eyes will move one way. Ask "What does your ideal woman look like" They eyes will move a different direction because your mind is creating information.

Answer 5

They look to the left, usually upward, where they're pulling answers out of the air ... no direct eye contact, defensive when you ask for details.

Answer 6

You can tell someone is lying by looking into their eyes and by their facial expresssions.

Answer 7

if a person cant look me in the eye when they talk to me,their body language,the sounds and tone of their voice is a give away

Answer 8

from his eyes
look at his eyes while he telling u his words
lie appears on the eyes

Answer 9

there either not looking directly at u in the eyes
there either scratching their nose or ear
8B

Answer 10

they look to the right (compliments of CSI). and their nose gets itchy (a book I read)