In this video you’ll learn:
1. The Body Language of Lie Detection
2. What head nods or Head shakes really mean
3. What an itch can mean
Here’s the Transcription:
Do you think people tell you the truth all the time? Of course they don’t. So wouldn’t it be neat to start to understand how you can detect a lie just by someone’s body language? Well, there are several things to look for, so let’s get into a couple of them.
First, and one of my favorites, is to notice when the body language and the words don’t match. So remember this means yes (head nodding), and this means no (turning head side to side). So if someone says I love that shirt (while turning head side to side) or you can ask me anything (while turning head side to side). Do you think they’re telling you the truth? Of course they’re not.
What about Bill Clinton? I did not have sexual relations with that woman. You can see it on the video clear as day.
These are some of the things that you can start to watch for. They happen quickly, and if you don’t want to stare down your friends or your family or your business partners, you can watch reality TV. Watch the news. Watch talk shows. Anywhere where people are filmed candidly, you will see this.
Now another way to start to understand if people are lying to you or not is to start to look at are they itching their face? Like are they covering their mouth?
Lance Armstrong, everybody knows now, is a liar. He has lied about his drug use for years and years. So every time he was asked, hey, do you do any of those performance enhancing drugs? He’d say, no. So when people cover their mouth, the next thing that comes out of their mouth is often false or there’s more to say about it. So seeing this, and it happens really fast, ask some more questions.
When you add up all these little clues, head nod, cover, maybe even an itch, you might have an itch, it seems really natural, that can be a sign as well. Now, the itching, actually it’s a really deep physiological response because people when they lie, about 80% of people connect that with anxiety. Not all people, but about 80% and when you get anxious your blood pressure goes up which cause your capillaries in your face, and that’s where you have most of your capillaries, it’s real sensitive. They swell, so then you have an itch. It seems really natural. It’s actually anxiety and can be connected to a lie. So take a look and notice when people are lying.