![]() Rather, it’s about how well or poorly our multiple channels of communication - facial expressions, posture, movement, vocal qualities, speech - cooperate. Judging a person’s honesty is not about identifying one stereotypical reveal, such as fidgeting or averted eyes. ![]() In an interview with the New York Times, psychologist Charles Bond, who studies deception, said the stereotype of what liars do “would be less puzzling if we had more reason to imagine that it was true.” It turns out that there’s no “Pinocchio effect,” no single nonverbal cue that will betray a liar. People also tend to list other allegedly telltale signs of lying, such as fidgeting, nervousness and rambling. Let me start with a question: How do you know if a person is lying? If you’re like most people, your first response will be something like “Liars don’t make eye contact.” In a survey of 2,520 adults in sixty-three countries, 70 percent of respondents gave that answer. ![]() ![]() Amy Cuddy digs into what our faces and bodies do when we tell a lie. ![]()
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