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HJ Farnsworth
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Greetings,
Over the years, people have told me that various actions are indicators that someone is being dishonest. Some of these are:
1. Lack of eye contact
2. Shifty eyes
3. Increased body movement (e.g., scratching one’s head)
4. Sniffing
5. Clearing one’s throat
6. Different rhythms/speeds in response time to questions being asked
7. Becoming very defensive
These are interesting pieces of conventional wisdom, but I doubt that many of them are at all accurate.
It would surprise me very much if no research had been done into such a significant topic. Does anyone know of research that has been done that shows how much the above actions (or other common ones that I did not think of) are actually correlated with lying, and if so, could you please point me to the sources if you know them?
Opinions and links to less formal articles about this question are very welcome - however, I am mainly interested in finding original research papers regarding these subjects, perhaps in psychology or sociology journals.
Thank you very much for your time, and for any help that you can give.
-HJ Farnsworth
Over the years, people have told me that various actions are indicators that someone is being dishonest. Some of these are:
1. Lack of eye contact
2. Shifty eyes
3. Increased body movement (e.g., scratching one’s head)
4. Sniffing
5. Clearing one’s throat
6. Different rhythms/speeds in response time to questions being asked
7. Becoming very defensive
These are interesting pieces of conventional wisdom, but I doubt that many of them are at all accurate.
It would surprise me very much if no research had been done into such a significant topic. Does anyone know of research that has been done that shows how much the above actions (or other common ones that I did not think of) are actually correlated with lying, and if so, could you please point me to the sources if you know them?
Opinions and links to less formal articles about this question are very welcome - however, I am mainly interested in finding original research papers regarding these subjects, perhaps in psychology or sociology journals.
Thank you very much for your time, and for any help that you can give.
-HJ Farnsworth