What are some non-verbal signs that someone is lying?

Answer 1

**non verbal is too hard to dectect because it cant not be proven accurate but these can help**



Seven Common Signs of Lying

No eye contact. Generally, if someone is lying they will not look you in the eye, at least during a certain part of the conversation. Normally, people make eye contact for at least half of a conversation, so anything less than this could be suspicious. One caveat: there are some people who will take great pains to make eye contact with you even if they're lying, simply to make you think they're not.



You don't need a lie detector test to find out if someone's lying to you --just check out these seven signs of lying.

Change in voice. A change in the pitch of a person's tone, or a lot of stammering (umm, ah), or throat clearing could indicate a lie.

Unusual body language. If a person taps their foot a lot, fidgets with their hands, raises their shoulders, turns away from you or brings their hand to their face (to touch their chin or nose, etc.) -- in other words, if they act nervous or uncomfortable -- it could mean they're telling a lie. Also watch out for blushing (or becoming pale) and increased blinking.

Something sounds fishy. Making statements that contradict each other, are inconsistent or don't sound quite right are usually part of a lie.

Overly defensive. Sometimes when a person is lying they will become extremely defensive, refusing to answer any questions and even accusing you of lying. This may mean they have something to hide.

Changes subject easily. If someone is lying and you change the subject, chances are high that they'll go right along with it. A person telling the truth, however, will likely ask why you changed the subject and want to go back to it.

Humor or sarcasm. A guilty person will often try to change the subject using humor or sarcasm.

Of course, no one behavior can tell for sure whether or not someone is telling the truth or lying. While you should trust your instinct, if you're not sure it's best to try to get some evidence to back up your accusation. Rather than relying on a specific behavior, catching a liar in the act is best done by watching their normal behaviors. When those behaviors suddenly change, that's when a lie has likely been told.

Answer 2

Theirs eyes are tell-tale signs of lying. If they look to the left-upper side, it means that they are accessing their memory side of their brain. When they do this you know they are telling the truth. When they look to the right-upper side, it means they are accessing their creative side of their brain. This is a sure-fire way to tell that they are lying. That is why eye contact is important.
Also, their body movements give them way. If they are able to stand still when they talk to you, they are likely to be telling the truth. But if they fidget, reaching their hand to their head or move around, they are probably lying.
Another way is their demeanor. If you ask a question and they get all defensive, they might be lying. If their voice changes, or their story is inconsistent, they also might be lying.
It is true, though, that these actions may just be coincidence, that these actions are preformed not because they are lying, but for other reasons. But they are a good indication on whether the truth is being told or not.

Answer 3

Look for Suspicious Behaviors

By themselves, each of these behaviors can just be signs of stress, or even a person's natural mannerisms. One can occur by chance, but when two or more of these behaviors suddenly appear at a moment when lying could be expedient. For example, when you ask a salesman how reliable that used car is, it suggests he's lying.

Here's the top eight list of suspicious behaviors:

1. A change in the voice's pitch.
2. A change in the rate of speech.
3. A sudden increase in the number of "ums" and "ahs."
4. A change in eye contact. Normally, one makes eye contact one-quarter to one-half of the time. If suddenly, at the convenient moment to lie, he's staring at you or looking away, beware.
5. Turning his body away from you, even if just slightly.
6. Suddenly being able to see the white on the top and bottom of a person's eyes, not just the sides.
7. A hand reaching, even if momentarily, to cover part of the face, especially the mouth.
8. Nervous movement of feet or legs.

Of course, in order to notice a change, you need a baseline. So you must first watch the person when talking about innocuous issues.

Answer 4

Shiftiness, lack of eye contact, change in demeanor, change in confidence, different tone of voice, and other factors. Generally, nervousness and avoidance are signs that someone could be lying. However, this you can only determine after you have known a person for a bit of time as you have to compare their current actions with their normal actions.

Answer 5

You know what, all the symptoms mentioned here can be shown when people are facing final exams. In that case, they just represent
'test anxiety'. So only an expert could determine what those non-verbal signs really mean. In my view, it all depends on the circumstances people are facing at the moment.

Answer 6

Watch Ocean's Eleven. The part where Brad Pit is showing Matt Damon how to lie will tell you all you want to know. It's also a pretty darn good movie.

Answer 7

Their eyes seem to roam around
Some people's hands shake
They speak rapidly
Act very nervous
Yell at someone for not believing them

Answer 8

if their eyes appear to keep darting up and to the left or right, it means they are accessing different parts of their brain for information over and over, which could be a cue that they are making something up

Answer 9

They look up and left- that makes the brain access the "imaginary" parts of their brain; not the memory part of the brain. Their left looking outward, not your left looking at them.....

Answer 10

No eye contact and nervous hand movements etc.