The Body Language Of Liars: The Body Language Of Liars

The Body Language of Liars

A liar is someone who ignores the truth either by hiding behind an excuse or behind someone else. As Deborah Bull (2014) once said: “Body language is a very powerful tool. 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words.” And in that case, when in front of a suspected liar, someone who practices body language professionally would notice any body movement, the technic he uses while lying, and would try to analyze the reasons leading him/her to lie.

While lying, the human body starts changing his/her usual body movement, or facial movement without conscience. According to Fernandez (2006) a person who studies body language professionally would identify a liar through

According to Glass (2013), lying can be major piece of human relationship. In some cases, it permits us to blend in and survive in association with people in the world (p.19). Glass (2013) mentioned that there are seven reasons why a person lie. First of all, people lie to avoid hurting other’s feelings. In Dawson (2006) example, “Julie may have just saved her friendship by telling a lie” (p.43). Julie lied to Pat about her ugly dress just to avoid offending her. Secondly, people will lie for ulterior motives. For instance, one will lie to keep his/her job, or one will make a sale to get the client impressed and want to buy from him/her. Third, people will lie for self-protection. For example, when a person is a witness of a crime, he would lie, not to protect the criminal, but rather to not be considered as a snitch. And nowadays, being a snitch or being on the side of the law means risk to you and to your loved ones. Fourth reason is lying to present a positive image of himself and avoid rejection. Most of the single people who are searching for a mate go on a dating site. However, in this site, not all information are valid. People tend to lie about their weight, their height, their job, and their age just to present a better picture of themselves to someone else. In a few words, they are making an effort not to be rejected from first look. The fifth reason to lie is to avoid any

However, the most important analyze these days is concentrating on the body language of a liar. So that’s why someone who practices body language professionally would notice any body movement, the technic he uses while lying, and would try to analyze the reasons leading him/her to lie. Although, would it be a good idea to remain quite about these observation or elaborate them with the doubtable