Deception Tips Podcast

Deception Tip 42: Often times, liars place their hand on the back of their neck as if to massage away the tension in telling a lie.

Deception Tip 41: Liars may touch the bottom of their nose with one finger, usually the index, in a side-to-side motion.

Deception Tip 40: When telling lies, people may curl up in an effort to take up as little space as possible.

Deception Tip 39: Liars may yawn repeatedly as if to convey boredom or relaxation.

Deception Tip 38: When a liar is under pressure or duress, the muscles of the neck may tense up and the veins may protrude.

Deception Tip 37: People often try to mask their face more than their body when they tell lie. As a result, the body will have more leakage than the face.

Deception Tip 36: Liars may pretend to have something in their eye and rub it with their hand  or finger in an unconscious attempt to block unlikable stimuli.

Deception Tip 35: Truthful people tend to mirror head movements of the person with whom they converse, whereas a liar takes a more statuesque pose.

Deception Tip 34: The lips of liars take on all sorts of positions; they may suck them  inward, pucker them, bite their lower lip, or point the lip corners  downward.

Deception Tip 33: A liar may tend to speak in the third person and/or use distancing pronouns. Example: Saying one instead of I.

Deception Tip 32: When lying, people tend to experience severe dry mouth. As a result, they may frequently lick their lips.

Deception Tip 31: Liars like to use unconventional, and in ordinary, language in an effort to sound more truthful and sophisticated.

Deception Tip 30: Liars may rapidly bounce both of their legs in a non-rhythmic fashion to release the stress or tension involved in telling a lie.

Deception Tip 29: When accused, a liar will often take a step backward, and sometimes raise their hands, as if to ward off the accusation.

Deception Tip 28: Truthful facial expressions of emotion are micro-expressions, and appear for less than a second. They are unconscious and symmetrical.

Deception Tip 27: When asked, a guilty person will often propose a more lenient consequence, as opposed to a more common sense, or standard, consequence.

Deception Tip 26: Often times, accusing a liar of a more serious crime may entice them to admit to, or agree with, the accusation of a lesser crime.

Deception Tip 25: The longer it takes to answer a simple yes or no question, the more suspicious the target should be.

Deception Tip 24: Liars often over pledge their truthfulness using honest, or anti lie, phrases. Example: To be honest, To tell you the truth.

Deception Tip 23: Watch facial expressions carefully. If the left side is more expressive than the right, that may indicate false emotion or deception.