11 signs someone is lying to you

Yahoo/Business Insider ^ | 5-2-14 | By Vivian Giang and Jacquelyn Smith

[kingattax]

Are you bad at spotting a lie?

New research by Dr. Leanne ten Brinke, a forensic psychologist at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and her collaborators, suggests that our instincts for judging liars are actually fairly strong — but our conscious minds sometimes fail us.

Luckily, there are signs we can look for when trying to detect a lie.

Dr. Lillian Glass, a behavioral analyst and body language expert who has worked with the FBI on unmasking signals of deception, says when trying to figure out if someone is lying, you first need to understand how the person normally acts. Then you'll want to pay careful attention to their facial expressions, body language, and speech patterns, she writes in her book "The Body Language of Liars."

[kingattax]

[faithhopecharity]

Sign number One -— He’s a politician

[Flag_This]

They forgot the obvious “tell”: “let me be clear.”

[Starstruck]

They identify themselves as liberal.

[PapaNew]

Dang man, that list looks like what I do every morning when I get up...

[Diogenesis]

The undocumented pRes_ _ent-by-Election Fraud and Pelosi-perjury
always heralds that he NOTHING but a liar.

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[freedumb2003]

Everything I say is a lie, including this comment.

[Dilbert San Diego]

When Bill Clinton wags his finger at us, and is looking upwards, instead of looking people in the eye, as he lectures us that he didn’t have sexual relations with that woman, in retrospect, we know he was lying.

[Gay State Conservative]

That inner sense in me is quite strong.Practical example...ever since he first hit the national stage whenever I saw his lips move I knew Osama Obama was lying.

[TexasFreeper2009]

the surest sign someone is lying is when you see Obama’s lips moving!

[Pikachu_Dad]

Not fair. He is a democrat. That is an automatic tell.

[RedMDer]

Support Free Republic.

[pallis]

I ask what their political proclivities are. If they say they are liberal or Democrat, I know that is the last truth I can expect out of them.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

and the lips are moving.

[Joe 6-pack]

"When Bill Clinton wags his finger at us, and is looking upwards, instead of looking people in the eye, as he lectures us that he didn’t have sexual relations with that woman, in retrospect, we know he was lying."

Um...when Bill Clinton's lips were moving, we knew he was lying.

[RAY]

Obamacrats always lie!

[faithhopecharity]

Yes. But some prominent politicians today can lie to us without even needing to move their lips. Or even be awake. They are such expert lists they can lie to us in their sleep. A genuine talent.

[BitWielder1]

My favorite tell is when someone says "To tell you the truth:".
I can't help thinking "What? You've been lying to me up until now? And you probably will continue."
When I get that from a sales guy, that's my cue to leave.

[BitWielder1]

Any speech that contains any of these tells: "Let me be clear!", "This will help working class families.", "To level the playing field...", "America will never allow...", "This reform will reduce the cost of...", "To ensure the safety of...", "To protect the environment..." and so on. You get the idea.

[CatherineofAragon]

I looked at the second sentence wrong...thought it said forensic proctologist.