A person is lying?

Question

Is it true that you could tell if a person is lying by the direction of his/her stare?

Answer 1

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Detecting lies


Explanations > Behaviors > Liars



Lying is a widespread phenomenon which we all do to some extent. If you are working with others, it is often very useful to be able to spot the fibs.



Liars... So they...
...are often worried about being caught or feel guilty, and are hence tense. ...speak in a higher pitched voice
...hesitate.

...make speech errors.

...move jerkily.

...do not 'remember' what they say happened ...say things which are inconsistent.
...miss out irrelevant detail.

...make up stuff. ...hesitate as they think about what to say.
...are worried about what you might ask. ...talk a lot to use up the time.
...get 'emotional' to try and put you off.

...goes along easily if you change the subject.

...are worried about what they might say. ...use language carefully.
...pause to think before answering.

...give short answers.

...use a monotonous tone.

...fear eye contact will give the game away. ...avoid eye contact.
...blink more often.

...rub their eyes more.

...fear being detected. ...say as little as possible.
...try to get away or change the subject.

...parrot back your words with a denial.

...try to control body language. ...hold the body rigid.
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...smile with the mouth but not the eyes.

...cannot control body language. ...send conflicting signals with different parts of the body.
...have eye pupil dilation.

...shrug and grimace.

...has slight delays in speech-body alignment.

...feel threatened. ...attack, defend or deflect.
...place barriers in front of them, from arms to books to tables.

...need time to think threatened. ...repeat the question.
...adjust their clothing.

...ramble on about inconsequential things.

...know about the above and over-compensate. ...appear too relaxed.
...stare.

...go too rigid.

...go into excessive detail.

...show no discrepancies at all.

...wear dark glasses.






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Answer 2

Yes, if they are lying - like on the floor or on the bed, you might stretch it and call them a lier. Although the term is actually used in the case of an out-lier - in statistics. There isn't really the concept of a lier. Otherwise, the LIVING language of English has evolved so that someone who tells lies is a liar. There isn't such a thing as: an eater. a breather - except that you take a breather, but not that a person can be one. a typer. a walker is something that helps you walk - not a person who walks. I'll give you the last two though. They are at least possible. It really is too bad that people today either lack the intellectual capacity necessary, or are just too lazy, to master a language that has been spoken and written in one form or another for over 1000 years. :-( I'm sorry that we are unwilling to simplify the language down to the point that people don't have to actually put forth an effort to learn it. They have already changed many of the irregular verbs and some of the spelling, and mucked up a LOT of the grammatical rules to try to suit a large group of people who are just too lazy to put forth the effort to memorize spellings and grammatical rules, and thus master the language. If you want a purely "logical" language, see below. These are engineered languages. Languages evolve! They are NOT created over-night. Thus, they lack consistency. If people with less education than those of our society could master this language, what's the excuse of modern Americans (and Brits, come to that)?

Answer 3

Yes. People change the direction of their stare when they are about to lie. Most people needs to look for something in order not to be distracted by the questioner's eyes when they are about to lie.
They can't stare at the other person's face when they are about to lie. Is very common, they look up or down trying to hide their eyes.
A good lier, is a person who trains to keep the same facials expression and directing their eye's sigh directly to the person whom is inquiring the questions, not matter what the question is.
If persons seems to be making a certain effort to stare at the other when they are about to lie, it is another sign of lie.

Answer 4

Usually you can tell if a person is lying if they won't look you in the eye. However, there are a lot of habitual liars and sociopaths out there that can lie a blue streak and look you in the eye at the same time.

Answer 5

That is pretty absurd and not concrete enough to base if a person is lying. If you ask them what they did at work a few nights ago, they'll have to think to recall from memory, and you can't say which way they stare to lie and which way they stare to tell the truth. It's more about body language, their answer and the way they answer it.

Answer 6

Studies seem to confirm that most people look up to the left when lying. If they look up to the right, they are trying to recall information.

Answer 7

Yes, if the person cannot look you eye to eye this person could be lying or he got crossed eyes.

Answer 8

The test used by many interrogators is to watch which way a person looks when he (or she) attempts to answer a question. Supposedly he is searching his memory for an answer, and most people will look to their upper left when doing so. But when there is no answer in their memory that they want to share with you, they will tend to look to their right instead - trying to think of an answer that will be convincing, yet will of course be a lie.

Answer 9

If he had to lie out of the blue to a sudden question he will sub-consiously look away from your eyes.

If he did prepare to lie, you can make him repeat the lie many times. He may get some detail wrong cos when u lie u dont remember what u lied really well.

Answer 10

Yes. Most people when lying will look to the left, but not all.