Newsflash: Liars exposed by blinking

michellemalkin.com ^ | August 20, 2008 | Michelle Malkin

[the anti-liberal]

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 20, 2008 06:16 AM

Science catches up to common wisdom. Nancy Blink-Blink Pelosi, you’ve been exposed:

Liars are exposed by blinking
Daily Telegraph

The best way to spot a liar is to look them in the eyes, according to scientists who say the number of times a person blinks will show if they are speaking the truth.

Liars blink less frequently than normal during the lie, and then speed up to around eight times faster than usual afterwards.

The findings, reported in the Journal of Non-verbal Behaviour, means that blink rates could soon be used by professionals, such as the police and security forces, to tell when someone is being duplicitous.

Dr Sharon Leal, co-author of the study at Portsmouth University, said: “It is striking what different patterns in eye blinks emerged for liars and truth tellers.

Yeah, no kidding.

Flashback: The Nancy Pelosi Blink Count…

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Wonder what science says about politicians whose “Uh” counts are sky-high:

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[the anti-liberal]

"Drilling is a hoax!"

Videos at link - (really wish we could embed video here....)

[rhombus]

Liars as well as people who have face lifts blink.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Nancy’s facial skin is pulled so tight, I’m amazed she can close her eyes at all.

[SMARTY]

Maybe Nancy blinks so much, because that’s the only part of her face that will move anymore.

One more face lift and she’ll have a beard.

[the anti-liberal]

Keep in mind that what they're talking about is the flurry of blinks that come after delivery of the lie.

This is really quite good and is something to pay attention to when watching politicians (and others) speak.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Remember when Bill Clinton wagged his finger at us and said he did not have sexual relations with that woman? He had a strange look on his face when he was saying that. And he was looking up and over people’s heads out into the distance, he didn’t look anyone in the eye when he was saying that. It sounds like indicators like body language and blinking are very revealing.

[the anti-liberal]

I think it would be very interesting to replay that looking for the flurry of post-delivery blinks.

[filbert]

The article also mentions Obama’s Um count.

Barack would benefit from attending a few Toastmasters meetings, I think.

Um.

[mikrofon]

Lincoln, Blinkin' & Nod...

[tioga]

and here I thought she was blinkin’ ‘cause her skin was stretched too tight on that face!

[the anti-liberal]

In my experience, Toastmasters tends to be a rather bit more conservative minded bunch. Bambi would feel a bit out of place there, I suspect.

[ItsForTheChildren]

When she blinks the back of her neck tightens.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Those aren’t eyelids. Those are gills. She’s a Cephalopod.

[ChowChowFace]

One more face lift and she’ll have a beard.

LOL!

[reagan_fanatic]

Thanks for that mental image *barf*

[edzo4]

other signs of deceit are a person looking up to the left before answering, atempting to cover ones mouth while speaking and repeating the question

[skinkinthegrass]

LOL!....

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[Textide]

I never lie!!

[Righter-than-Rush]

If that is true, I tell the truth most of the time.

[the anti-liberal]

Looking to the left indicates the mental act of accessing the imagination, while looking to the right indicates accessing memory.

Sometimes restating the question is a useful method for ensuring that the question is understood and usually involves rephrasing - but restating the question verbatim probably is a good indicator that a stall tactic is being utilized, so good point.

I've not heard about covering the mouth, that's interesting.