如果你看过美剧《LietoMe》，一定会觉得剧中的故事不可思议：通过观察一个人的面部表情、肢体语言和语音语调，男主角Lightman博士就能判断一个人是否在说谎，以及为什么说谎。其实，只要掌握一些基本技巧，你也能识破生活中的谎言哦，一起来看看吧!
Societywouldquicklycollapsewereitnotforthedozensoftinylieswepermitourselveseveryday. Mostlyweusethisforsimplegoodmanners. Forinstance, whenbreakingupwithapartner, wereassurethemthat “It’snotyou, it’sme”, wheninrealityitmostcertainlyisthem.
Wealllearntolieatsuchayoungage: everyparentwillrecognisethemomentwhereachildfirstputstheirhandtotheirmouthbeforestatingablatantlie. Fromthatmoment, wegetsteadilybetteratlyingaswegrowolder, graduallyrefiningourtechniqueuntilbyfulladulthoodweareallexpertsintheartofdeception.
Ofallhumansocialbehaviours, itisperhapsthehardesttodetect. Thatsaid, therearevariousthingswecanlookoutfortohelpusknowwhensomeoneislying.
Aretheyjustnervous?
Lyingcanhaveverysimilarsymptomstoanxiety. Inmanysituationswhenwemightbetemptedtolie, wecanalsosimplybenervous—tryingtocoverupourmistakesorwooapossiblepartner. Thetrickistoestablishwhataperson’s “baseline” behaviouris, andthenlookfordeviations. Ifsomeoneisnormallyrelaxed, then, blinkingandquickeyemovement, lickingofthelipsandtouchingofthefacecanalldenotelying.