The voice breaks, the cheeks are red, sweat forms on the forehead. No doubt about it: the other person is lying. Or not? To distinguish truth from lies, we all too often rely on physical cues. “Forget body language,” say Dutch scientists – and argue for a new approach to lie detection.
People who lie often touch their nose, blink more often or blush. At least that’s the general idea. In reality, lies are not that easy to spot. “All these characteristics that we sometimes think indicate lying – they don’t work,” German psychologist Matthias Gamer of the University of Würzburg told MDR.
Source: Krone
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