How can you tell if someone is lying to you?

A lot of people will look to the left or right and not look right at you. Also, they might have facial twitches. They might also not look you in the eyes. May go red in the face. May move from foot to foot or even go into another room to avoid answering. Some will question you about something else trying to throw you off track.

Will not look you in the eyes or the eyes will become blank or dart side to side. May go red in the face. May move from foot to foot or even go into another room to avoid answering. Some will question you about something else trying to throw you off track.  Answer After taking hundreds of depositions and preparing clients for trial testimony, the easiest way to tell when someone is lying is how much they elaborate when answering simple questions. For example, when a "yes" or "no" is sufficient, the person will keep going, and going, and going.

The more a person adds to an explanation or answer the more you can be certain they are being less than truthful and/or just plain "full of it".



A lawyer always asks for the truth and "don't leave anything out" because lawyers don't like surprises in court. So it would be to their advantage if a client was excessively talking to clear themselves (I know I would.) I would consider someone giving a simple yes or no and sitting there quietly more suspicious than a person that prattles on. Still waters run deep! If I was innocent and didn't want to do prison time I'd tell my lawyer everything and be sure they know where I'm coming from. If you can't be honest with your lawyer then what's the point of retaining them. Often people that are frightened and have never had problems with the law will be nervous and could talk more when a simple yes or no is needed.

If the person plays with their hair, fidgets, or taps their fingers (if sitting on a desk) or they're trying to act tired so they will pretend to not hear you talking.  There are many different techniques one can use. The 4 major techniques that have consistently proven accurate are eye patterns, body language, cadence of speech, and emotional gestures. I find that eye patterns prove most effective. NLP research has confirmed all the eye patterns. When someone looks to the left, generally they are lying because when you look to the left your brain is "creating an auditory thought." When you look to the right, your brian is "remembering an auditory thought.

There are many tricks to determining whether or not someone is lying to you. Some of the most basic would include looking for a "tell" which is an action someone unconsciously does when they're nervous, like brush their hair behind their ear. Another technique you can use is to watch the person's eyes while they are speaking to you, if their eyes move up and to the right they are likely telling the truth because they are recalling something from memory, while if their eyes move up and to the left they are possibly lying, because their minds are accessing the "creative" portion of their brain.

Sometimes people who are intending to lie will ask you to repeat your question because it gives them time to create an answer.
They may avoid eye contact at the time of telling the lie OR they may force sustained direct eye contact in order to give the impression of telling the truth.
They may subconsciously touch their face, because lying causes your body to send a slight tingling sensation to your face (especially the nose) that makes you want to scratch it.
They may try to change the subject.
They might ask, "Don't you trust me?"

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full of it (spoken)

completely wrong, false, or worthless Sometimes he's right, but on this topic, he really is just full of it.

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