In the American TV series "Lie to Me" and the Hong Kong drama "Mind Hunter," a method of detecting lies was mentioned: when a person points in one direction with their finger but their eyes look in another direction, it indicates they are lying. Normally, the brain coordinates with the body's movements. However, when someone is lying, they have to rack their brains to fabricate facts. This reduces the brain's control function, causing the body to lag behind the language and eye movements, resulting in this phenomenon.
People exhibit special behaviors when lying:
1. Not speaking properly. Besides speaking hesitantly, avoiding the topic or giving superficial, short answers is also suspicious.
2. Hiding their hands. Apart from the eyes and mouth, hands also "speak." Hiding hands or crossing arms can be considered abnormal.
3. Frequently touching their nose or mouth. Touching the nose or mouth often is a typical disguise to mask inner unease and requires attention.
4. Fidgeting constantly. Fidgeting is a sign of wanting to escape quickly, and constantly shaking legs is the most typical action.
There are many types of lies:
Lies are primarily expressed through language, using false statements to present facts or fabricate scenarios. Sometimes, actions are used to enhance the effect of lying. Types of lies include: occasional, habitual, and pathological.
1. Occasional lies: Some lies occur occasionally. The person is usually honest and trustworthy but, for some reason, doesn’t want others to know their flaws or privacy, so they resort to lying. Such lies are often accompanied by unnatural expressions and movements, such as stuttering, awkward hand gestures, uncoordinated movements, or even blinking, shaking the head, or trembling.
2. Habitual lies: Some lies become a habit. These individuals often start lying from a young age. When faced with unfavorable situations, they use lies to get by. Over time, lying becomes a bad habit, even integrating into their daily lives, and they use lies to gain benefits.
3. Pathological lies: Some lies are pathological, often developing from habitual lying. After forming a lying habit, the liar tells more and more lies, with increasingly bizarre content, and the urge to lie becomes difficult to suppress. Everyone knows that most of what they say is likely false. This type of lying is "pathological" and a characteristic of abnormal personality.
