Deception Tips Podcast: Recent Episodes
Spencer Coffman
Deception Tip 101:Learn to recognize the signs of deception and remember to watch for clusters of behavior. Liars always display more than one sign.
Deception Tip 100:Liars try to sound smarter, and more credible, than they actually are. Trip them up by using their own jargon against them.
Deception Tip 99:It can be helpful to agree with liars on little things. If they think they fooled you, they may let their guard down.
Deception Tip 98:When dealing with pathological liars, lies will look normal and truths may look like lies. This is because they feel more comfortable telling lies than truths.
Deception Tip 97: Keep liars talking by identifying with their feelings then reflecting it back to them with a question.
Deception Tip 96:Liars often look for approval from others. Watch for signs of social influence such as looking around before giving an answer.
Deception Tip 95:Take care not to be overconfident in your lie spotting ability. Liars may play on that confidence and use your power against you.
Deception Tip 94:Pathological liars may not display any leakage because they are so accustomed to lying. What’s more is that their truths may show more leakage than a lie.
Deception Tip 93:Real memories are recorded using all senses. Whereas lies are mainly visual. Question liars by asking about how something smelled, felt, sounded, tasted, et cetera.
Deception Tip 92:Offer a way of escape, or a route of less punishment, if they tell you the truth. People are motivated to avoid negative outcomes.
Deception Tip 91:Ask for information when people are hungry. Hunger can lead to impatience and impulsive responses, which may be more truthful.
Deception Tip 90:When questioning someone, purposefully get some facts wrong, or diminish their pride. This will tempt them to correct you and reveal their story.
Deception Tip 89:Liars often forgo the use of regulators, meaning they talk without restraint, interrupt, miss punctuation, and generally disobey the rules of conversation.
Deception Tip 88:When calling out a lie, ask yourself whether or not the truth really matters in that situation.
Deception Tip 87:Display rules are taught and can produce harmless lies compared to malicious lies. Example: receiving an unwanted present.
Deception Tip 86:Remember conceal and falsify. Emotions are harder to falsify and easier to conceal. Whereas, body language is harder to conceal and easier to falsify.
Deception Tip :85Blushing means that something uncomfortable, or private, has been revealed about someone. It doesn’t always indicate deception.
Deception Tip 84:Always try to use language that relates to the person with whom you are speaking. They will be more apt to tell you the truth if they believe they relate to you.
Deception Tip 83:Be precise in your questioning. Liars love to find loopholes and hidden meanings in your questions.
Deception Tip 82:Get a liar to talk by starting sentences with the word “you” and ending them with suggestions or questions.
Deception Tip 81:A good way to train yourself to be more observant towards body language is to watch television on mute.
Deception Tip 80:Smiles are very prevalent in lies. Pay close attention to the symmetricality of the smile, as asymmetrical smiles may be deceptive.
Deception Tip 79:Remember that body language is always truthful, and words can be deceptive. Always, believe body language.
Deception Tip 78:Be careful to listen to the entire story, as words can often have more than one meaning. Use context to determine whether or not they are being deceptive.
Deception Tip 77:Rather than becoming confrontational, introverted people show disagreement by controlling a different, self-invented, situation.
Deception Tip 76:When telling a lie, the liar may cover his or her mouth, usually with a hand or fingers, as if to unconsciously prevent the lie.
Deception Tip 75:Steepling fingers mean confidence. Liars may display this when they believe they have fooled the target.
Deception Tip 74:Watch, and listen, for sighs, as they often come before heavy contemplation of an answer.
Deception Tip 73:Obviously when someone leans away they are resistant, or uninterested. When someone leans towards they are interested, or invested, in the situation.
Deception Tip 72:Be mindful of a person’s bodily axis. The direction in which they tilt can tell you how open they are to the current situation.
Deception Tip 71:When confronting someone, if they present their palms up as if offering something they may be feeling guilty. Almost like you caught them in their lie.
Deception Tip 70:Symmetrical expressions are associated with telling the truth, as they are usually indicative of spontaneous emotional expressions.
Deception Tip 69:When the target becomes silent, the liar’s comfort level goes from bad to worse. Most of the time, the liar will continue to speak to fill the gap.
Deception Tip 68:Overly stressed liars may inhale regularly and then force their exhale, as if the lungs are being forcibly contracted.
Deception Tip 67:A liar’s jaw may often tremble, or slightly tremor, when they are struggling to keep up with their lie.
Deception Tip 66:Breathing regularly and periodically taking a deep breath followed by a long slow exhale is done to pacify liars.
Deception Tip 65:Liars prefer to conceal the truth rather than coming up with an entirely new story.
Deception Tip 64:In some cases, liars may rephrase the question and then answer it. This is done to give them more time to think about their lie.
Deception Tip 63:Liars may sometimes breathe in through the nose and out through extended lips like those of a chimpanzee.
Deception Tip 62:Some liars often say their statements twice with their voice rising the second time around.
Deception Tip 61:Liars will often hold their breath as the target guesses the possible answers. Then exhale the instant the target guesses correctly.
Deception Tip 60:Confident people tend to dominate the space they occupy, whereas liars take up the least amount of space possible.
Deception Tip 59:Some people tend to pick up their legs and sit with them on the chair when they are being deceptive.
Deception Tip 58:When detecting deception, watch the Adam’s apple. It may jump or move irregularly when someone is lying.
Deception Tip 57:Asymmetrical facial expressions are associated with deception and are usually indicative of non-spontaneous, or voluntary, emotional expression.
Deception Tip 56:Lairs may lock their ankles together and tuck their feet back under the chair, combining the “X” with backing away.
Deception Tip 55:Behaviors such as nail biting, cuticle picking, or other hand grooming gestures are indicative of tension and possibly deception.
Deception Tip 54:People who attempt to conceal information often breathe more rapidly, taking a series of shallow breaths followed by a longer, deep, breath after telling the lie.
Deception Tip 53:A liar’s mouth usually becomes very dry causing their voice to crack and stutter.
Deception Tip 52:Liars may sometimes massage the fleshy part of the hand beneath the thumb with the thumb and index finger of the opposite hand.
Deception Tip 51:People under stress or tension will wring their hands or tightly clasp them together.
Deception Tip 50:Occasionally, a liar may point him or herself towards the exit as if they are planning to escape from the situation.
Deception Tip 49:Some liars may cross the bottoms of their legs at the calf muscle in an “X” like position as if to block the target’s perceptions.
Deception Tip 48:A behavior indicative of lying is when a person gives a slight shoulder shrug when answering a question.
Deception Tip 47:Legs may be one of the best indicators of nonverbal behavior. When rooting out a liar, keep an eye on the legs.
Deception Tip 46:A liar may puff up his or her cheeks and then exhale slowly through pursed lips to pacify their tension.
Deception Tip 45:Liars may place their hand or fingers over their lips in a hushing position as if they are telling themselves to “shh”.
Deception Tip 44:Stress and defensiveness may be indicated when someone touches the dimple in their neck. Women may play with a necklace. Men may adjust their tie or collar.
Deception Tip 43:A liar may hesitate or use stalling tactics, such as asking for the question to be repeated or rephrased.
Deception Tip 42:Often times, liars place their hand on the back of their neck as if to massage away the tension in telling a lie.
Deception Tip 41:Liars may touch the bottom of their nose with one finger, usually the index, in a side-to-side motion.
Deception Tip 40:When telling lies, people may curl up in an effort to take up as little space as possible.
Deception Tip 38:When a liar is under pressure or duress, the muscles of the neck may tense up and the veins may protrude.
Deception Tip 37:People often try to mask their face more than their body when they tell lie. As a result, the body will have more leakage than the face.
Deception Tip 36:Liars may pretend to have something in their eye and rub it with their hand or finger in an unconscious attempt to block unlikable stimuli.
Deception Tip 35:Truthful people tend to mirror head movements of the person with whom they converse, whereas a liar takes a more statuesque pose.
Deception Tip 34:The lips of liars take on all sorts of positions; they may suck them inward, pucker them, bite their lower lip, or point the lip corners downward.
Deception Tip 33:A liar may tend to speak in the third person and/or use distancing pronouns.
Example: Saying one instead of I.
Deception Tip 32:When lying, people tend to experience severe dry mouth. As a result, they may frequently lick their lips.
Deception Tip 31:Liars like to use unconventional, and in ordinary, language in an effort to sound more truthful and sophisticated.
Deception Tip 30:Liars may rapidly bounce both of their legs in a non-rhythmic fashion to release the stress or tension involved in telling a lie.
Deception Tip 29:When accused, a liar will often take a step backward, and sometimes raise their hands, as if to ward off the accusation.
Deception Tip 28:Truthful facial expressions of emotion are micro-expressions, and appear for less than a second. They are unconscious and symmetrical.
Deception Tip 12:Truthful words and gestures occur simultaneously. In contrast, lying words and gestures will be out of sync.
Example: Pointing after speaking.
Deception Tip 27:When asked, a guilty person will often propose a more lenient consequence, as opposed to a more common sense, or standard, consequence.
Deception Tip 26:Often times, accusing a liar of a more serious crime may entice them to admit to, or agree with, the accusation of a lesser crime.
Deception Tip 25:The longer it takes to answer a simple yes or no question, the more suspicious the target should be.
Deception Tip 24:Liars often over pledge their truthfulness using honest, or anti lie, phrases.
Example: To be honest, To tell you the truth.
Deception Tip 23:Watch facial expressions carefully. If the left side is more expressive than the right, that may indicate false emotion or deception.
Deception Tip 22:Seated liars will often lock their ankles and may even tuck them back in an attempt to minimize their body and block off the perceptions of others.
Deception Tip 21:When a target suggests the correct answer, a liar’s face will freeze for less than a split second, like a deer in the headlights. Eyes open and mouth in an ‘O’ shape.
Deception Tip 20:Liars often display increased eye contact. As if to see that the target believes their lie.
Deception Tip 19:Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression. Liars may display it when targets suggest incorrect, or inept, answers.
Deception Tip 4:While reciting a rehearsed lie, it is difficult to perform physical tasks, such as making coffee.
The liar will most likely stand perfectly still with items in hand.
Deception Tip 18:Liars often use distancing language when speaking about someone they would like to avoid being associated with.
Example: That man instead of his name.
Deception Tip 17:Liars add lots of detail to their stories and can be overly specific. Whereas truth tellers use more general statements and estimations.
Deception Tip 16:Beware of asymmetrical gestures, as truthful expressions are symmetrical. Shoulder shrugs more prominent on one side may be indicative of deception.
Deception Tip 15:Liars rehearse the events of their story in order. To trip them up, ask them to tell it in reverse. Often times they will be unable to do so.
Deception Tip 14:Truthful facial expressions of emotion appear naturally and are symmetrical. Deceptive facial expressions appear at will and are asymmetrical.
Deception Tip 13:Let the liar speak. Stay silent. Often times, liars will continue to speak until they believe the target believes their lie. They may contradict themselves thus revealing the truth.
Deception Tip 11: Liars will seize any opportunity to be believed. Therefore, it is very likely that the liar will accept lies told by the target even if they may be incriminating.
Deception Tip 10:A
quick answer of yes or no, followed by a delayed explanation, may
suggest deception, as the person might have been thinking about their
response.
Deception Tip 9:Some liars may make positive statements negative, or vice versa, to provide quick answers to the question.
Example: Did you… No, I did not do…
Deception Tip 8:Liars will often unconsciously place object(s) between themselves and the target as a defensive barrier.
Deception Tip 7:It is essential to look for clusters, or patterns, of behavior when detecting deception. Liars always display more than one sign.
Deception Tip 6: When a liar is questioned, vulnerability may be shown by unconsciously covering the genital area. Either with folded hands or an object.
Deception Tip 5:Guilty people often avoid using contractions as if to emphasize their innocence.
Example: using did not instead of didn’t.
Deception Tip 3:Contradictory behaviors, such as saying no while nodding yes, are often displayed by liars.
Welcome to the Deception Tips Podcast. Today you will begin a journey that will teach you how to read people and detect deception!
Deception Tip 1: Liars will often fold their arms defensively in an unconscious attempt to minimize body language.
Deception Tip 2: Dilated Pupils are a sign of arousal or keen interest. Beware of pinpoint pupils when others are speaking.