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vonnik · 2014-05-02 · Original thread
The article's OK, but it doesn't actually deliver on the headline by illustrating the "tells" of a lie. This book is much more practical.

http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Lie-Former-Officers-Deception/dp/1...

One of the most interesting ideas is that no single tells indicates a lie, but clusters of them together are strong signals. A few would be: 1) pausing before you answer (lies take longer to compose than truths); 2) touching your face with your hand (blood rushes from your face when the fight-or-flight response kicks in, prompting an itching sensation); 3) fidgeting at the place where your body rests on something more solid (floor, chair, armrest); 4) vacillating between an appeasing and angry tone; 5) leaning away and closing your body language.

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