KidZone Science
Signs That Indicate a Person is Lying
What the Machine Records:
- A decrease in the subject’s electrical resistance in their skin
- An increase in blood pressure, volume or heart rate
- Abnormal breathing patterns
Physical Signs That a Person is
Lying:
- Stiff facial expressions (seem to
remain too long, are delayed or don’t reach the eyes)
- Significant amount of contact with their face (scratching,
touching, rubbing their eyes)
- No eye
contact/too much eye contact
- Placing objects
in between themselves and their accuser
- Making indirect statements in order to avoid lying
Providing excess information which is not very relevant to the
story
- Will avoid using contractions in order
to seem more honest (“I did not” instead of “I didn’t”)
Eye
Movements and Lying: (Directions are as if you are looking at them.)
- Vc (Visual Construction) - When looking up to the left they are
imagining an image
- Vr (Visually Remembered) -
When looking up to the right they are remembering and image
- Ac (Auditory Construction) - When looking to the left they are
imagining a sound
- Ar (Auditorily Remembered) -
When looking to the right they are remembering a sound
- K (Kinesthetic/Feelings) - When looking down to the left they are
remembering a feeling
- Ai (Inner Dialog) - When
they are looking down to the right they are "talking to themselves"