Emotion expression while lying from "summary" of The Psychology of Lying and Detecting Lies by Bella DePaulo
The topic of emotion expression while lying involves understanding how people behave while being deceptive. This includes the kinds of emotions that are most commonly expressed while engaging in deception and how these emotional expressions can be detected.- Facial expressions are usually the easiest way to differentiate between truth or lies. People ofteetimes subconsciously make reveals facial cues such as changes in eyebrows and mouth when lying.
- Even though people may speak their falsehoods calmly, their body language can betray them - sleepers often move around a lot during untruthful episodes due to being uncomforatable or stressed while telling a lie.
- Looking away from someone or showing signs of nervousness can be possible indicators that the other person is not being honest with you. This happens because truth-tellers typically look others straight in the eyes while liars glance away frequently.
- People who fib often also display inflexible postures - hands clasped behind their back and stiff upper bodies may imply they are suppressing the truth.
- Verbal ticks such as repetitive phrases and stuttering are common traits shared by those attempting to withhold information.
- Some liars may laugh unreasonably at certain situations or points. This may indicate that they're feeling awkward or sensing the dishonesty of the content they are relaying.
- Sometimes when people try to tell a tall tale, all the little details of the event will slip out of their mind which may provide clues that you can pick up on. These may present themselves through voice tremors or long pauses.
- If you ask somebody a question but they don’t answer right away, this could mean that they are welling up a false story and having trouble delivering it without making mistakes.
