6 Amazing Ways To Instantly Detect A Liar  

Studies have proven that an average person speaks around 20 percent lies in a day and most of these lies go undetected. If you go into a flashback, you will see that you spent your childhood telling lies at home, school and to your friends. Whether they were believable or not, we all used to speak many lies when we were children. As we grow up, we get so accustomed to speaking lies that we show the same confidence while lying as in case of speaking truth.

We generally lie to save ourselves from the consequences of confronting the truth. It used to be fun speaking lies when we were children but the pattern of lying remains the same in the future too if we don’t analyse how to abstain from it. It is not always that we lie to save ourselves from any sort of punishment. Nowadays, people are habitual of speaking lies to boast their riches or to make others envy of them or to advantageously use any opportunity.

Lying actually is a part of human nature and it is not easy to get away with it. Spotting lies is a difficult task. Remember that there is no universal lie detection method. There are just simple techniques that generate different results in different persons. If you want to become aware of some prevalent techniques to analyse whether a person is speaking truth or not, then read these 6 amazing ways to instantly detect a liar:

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   Observe Their Body Language

Initially to detect if a person is lying or not, it is essential to observe their body language. To do this, you need to get ready with a set of neutral questions that does not generate any outrageous reaction or gets them to give multiple expressions. Ask them about their place of residence, weather in their native place, plans for the weekend, their office timings, daily schedule, etc. Whenever they respond to your questions, ensure to note their facial expressions, eye movements, sitting posture, hand gestures, etc to gauge their body language when they speak truth. You need to observe their pattern while they speak truth.

2. Find Out The Change In Body Language

Now that you know how their facial expressions and body language are when they speak truth, you can now move from the neutral questions to typical questions that compels them to think and speak.  Every person has unique ways of unintentionally changing their body language while speaking lies and if you want to detect it, then after asking baseline questions swiftly move to different set of mind boggling questions.

3. Notice Their Traits

You have to constantly notice their traits when you ask the series of questions. You will gradually notice that there will be some points where the body language will witness certain changes. Liars usually have the general habit of looking downwards, changing their posture, restricting their hand movements, hiding their fingers, shrugging their shoulders, etc. You need to be very attentive to note these small changes in their body language as these are important determinants to detect lies.

4. Analyse Their Facial Expressions

Facial expression is yet another checkpoint to know if a person is lying or not. Since you already know the kind of facial expression the person makes while speaking truth, then it takes only an eagle’s eye to spot the sudden change in them. While speaking lie some people tend to avoid looking in the eye or often have a glance elsewhere, their facial colour turns pink, they start biting their lips, their nostrils flare a bit, they start sweating or their eye blinks more frequently than earlier. These kind of changes indicate that the person is compelled to put strain on his/ her brain to manipulate facts and speak them in a way to avoid being caught.

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5. Observe Their Voice Modulations & Sentence Formations

When a person lies, he/ she unwillingly indicates it through voice. There will be a slight change in the voice tone and they may even fumble while speaking. They may even take longer pauses while completing their sentences and may also speak hastily. They may also make use of complex sentence formations as their brain is busy in cooking up stories. You may also witness a fall in their confidence level.

6. Notice Their Deviation From The Topic Of Discussion

Many times, people tend to deviate from the topic of discussion to avoid being caught. They start isolating themselves from the topic to put focus on other people or circumstances. They generally do this to get rid of telling numerous lies that requires a lot of brain activity.