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10 Best Ways To Spot A Liar by mostob(m): 6:26pm On Oct 09, 2017
1. Body language. If you are suspicious of what someone tells you, pay more attention to gestures rather than words. Liars tend to keep their hands hidden (clasp their hands together, stick them in their pockets, sit on them, or hold them behind their backs), and they find it hard to sit up straight when telling a lie and often tap their feet nervously. If they purse or lick their lips while you’re asking them questions, this could also indicate that they are not telling you the truth.

2. Breathing . When people lie, they tend to breathe heavily and their voice may get shallow, because their blood flow and heart rate changes as
they are becoming nervous.

3. Stiffness. Liars are often very tense, so you can spot a liar by looking for unnatural stiffness of
the body. Shrugged shoulders, crossed arms or
ankles show the suspect’s dishonesty and
discomfort.

4. Excessive sweating. Telling lies is something that makes even the most experienced liars feel
stressed. And when we lie, even if it’s a white lie,
we sweat a lot.
Re: 10 Best Ways To Spot A Liar by mostob(m): 6:28pm On Oct 09, 2017
5. Look into my eyes. A liar will try to avoid looking at you, but even if you establish eye contact he or she will either stare at you without blinking much or blink more rapidly than usual.

6. Let’s change the subject. Everyone feels vulnerable and uncomfortable when telling lies. Even if a person is an experienced liar with an imperturbable look on their face, inside he or she is panicking. A liar will surely try to quickly change the subject and jump to another topic.

7. Increased hand-to-face touching. Watch for any gestures the suspect makes towards
his face. Liars tend to stroke their hair, touch their face and neck, rub and scratch their nose, and cover their mouths more frequently than usual.
Re: 10 Best Ways To Spot A Liar by mostob(m): 6:29pm On Oct 09, 2017
8. Overly defensive. When you confront a liar with the facts, they usually become extremely defensive, refusing to answer any questions and even accusing you of lying. If the suspect responds to your questions with phrases like ’Why do you want to know that?’ or ’That’s not important now,’ he is surely reaching his limits and using this defense as an attack.

9. Tone and speed. When a person tells a lie, his voice may become higher in pitch, as vocal
cords tighten. A liar may start speaking faster than
usual or in a monotonous tone, stutter or stammer
and make speech errors.

10. Cutting-edge technology. It’s so much easier to lie over the phone or via text message where there’s no eye contact and body language involved versus face-to-face communication. In addition, writing gives a liar more time to plan the answers and strengthen his alibi. Pay attention if the person doesn’t quite sound like himself, tries to quickly change the subject and uses phrases like ’To be honest...’ or ’What I really mean...’
Re: 10 Best Ways To Spot A Liar by cosby02(m): 6:42pm On Oct 09, 2017
Op...you must be an experience liar to know all these.

Re: 10 Best Ways To Spot A Liar by greatnaija01: 6:43pm On Oct 09, 2017
Many liars in Nigeria will pass all these and not even a LIE-DETECTOR can spot their lies
Re: 10 Best Ways To Spot A Liar by mostob(m): 8:19pm On Oct 09, 2017
greatnaija01:
Many liars in Nigeria will pass all these and not even a LIE-DETECTOR can spot their lies
u sure?

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Re: 10 Best Ways To Spot A Liar by mostob(m): 8:20pm On Oct 09, 2017
cosby02:
Op...you must be an experience liar to know all these.
everybody lies jare

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