.The study of body language became popular in the 1970s when experts began to analyze the link between physical gestures and truth-telling. Since that time, we've developed a running list of signals or "tells" that tip us off as to whether or not the person we're talking to is lying: avoiding eye contact, touching one's mouth when speaking, fidgeting--each one so-called body talk for telling lies.Here are the highlights:
Watch Those Lying Eyes
There are three common tells linking lying to eye contact: excessive blinking, eyes moving to the left and lack of eye contact.
Beware of Barriers
In the study of body language, a barrier or physical blockade is something put up to protect or distance one person from others. Look for folded arms, one knee crossed over the other to widen the distance between two people or props.
Handy Behavior
When people put their hands to their mouths when speaking, it is an indicator that they are unsure of the words they are speaking, says Wilke. Similarly, the medical and psychological communities agree that the left hand (or left side, again, ruled by the right hemisphere of the brain) is linked to a person's sense of self.
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