專家告訴你說謊者的7個下意識表現大綱

There's nothing worse than having the wool pulled over you. eyes, and when it happens you often wonder how someone managed to deceive you.

沒有什麼事兒比上當受騙更糟糕的了，而當你被騙時你還總是疑惑爲什麼別人能夠成功地欺騙你。

Now body language expert Judi James has revealed the key signs to look out for if you're concerned someone is being economical with the truth.

現在，身體語言專家朱迪·詹姆斯指出了一些重要的跡象，可以幫你看出是否有人在向你隱瞞真相。

While she warns that there is 'no set formula' for spotting a liar, recognising some of the signs can help you root out a fibber.

雖然她警告稱並沒有識別騙子的“固定套路”，但是一些現象可以助你找出誰在說謊。

big pause

1.長時間停頓

Lying is quite a complex process for the body and brain to deal with. First your brain produces the truth which it then has to suppress before inventing the lie and the performance of that lie.

說謊對於人的身體和大腦來說都是一個相當複雜的過程。首先你的大腦會回憶起事實的真相，然後你必須隱藏起這個真相併編造謊言，然後還要把謊言講出來。

This often leads to a longer pause than normal before answering, plus a verbal stalling technique like 'Why do you ask that?' rather than a direct and open response.

而這往往會導致說謊人在回答問題前停頓更長的時間，還會用諸如“你爲什麼這麼問？”等問題來拖延回答你問題的時間，而不是直接毫無保留地回答。

eye dart

2.眼睛飛快的移動

Humans have more eye expressions than any other animal and our eyes can give away if we're trying to hide something.

人類眼睛可以表達出的東西比其他任何動物都要多，而眼睛也能夠告訴你這個人是否在隱瞞什麼。

When we look up to our left to think we're often accessing recalled memory, but when our eyes roll up to our right we can be thinking more creatively.

當我們試圖回憶起某些東西的時候，我們的眼睛會往左上方瞟，但是當我們的眼睛往右邊轉的時候，就可能是在編造着些什麼。

Also, the guilt of a lie often makes people use an eye contact cut-off gesture, such as looking down or away.

此外，說謊的罪惡感也會使得人們不敢跟對方有眼神接觸，他們一般會低着頭或者看向別處。

lost breath

3.呼吸紊亂

Bending the truth causes an instant stress response in most people, meaning the fight or flight mechanisms are activated.

捏造事實會對大多數人造成心理上的壓力，也即是說說謊人這時往往處於天人交戰的狀態。

The mouth dries, the body sweats more, the pulse rate quickens and the rhythm of the breathing changes to shorter, shallower breaths that can often be both seen and heard.

人們甚至會看出來或聽出來說謊者的嘴巴發乾，出汗變多，心率加快，呼吸的節奏變短、變淺。

compensating

4.表現過激

A liar will often over-perform, both speaking and gesticulating too much in a bid to be more convincing. These over the top body language rituals can involve too much eye contact (often without blinking!) and over-emphatic gesticulation.

騙子經常會表演過度，他們爲了讓自己更有說服力，經常會說得太多、或者做太多的手勢動作。這些身體語言包括過度的眼神接觸（通常不眨眼！）和過分強調的手勢。

poker face

5.面無表情

Although some people prefer to employ the poker face, many assume less is more and almost shut down in terms of movement and eye contact when they're being economical with the truth.

一些人喜歡老是掛着一張撲克臉，因爲許多人都認爲說謊時面部表情越少越好，甚至不會有任何的動作和眼神接觸。

face hide

6.遮擋自己的臉

When someone tells a lie they often suffer a strong desire to hide their face from their audience. This can lead to a partial cut-off gesture like the well-known nose touch or mouth-cover.

一些人在說謊的時候會非常不想讓別人看到自己的臉。他們一般會用手摸自己的鼻子，或者把嘴巴遮起來。

-comfort touches

7.自我安慰式動作

The stress and discomfort of lying often produces gestures that are aimed at comforting the liar, such as rocking, hair-stroking or twiddling or playing with wedding rings. We all tend to use self-comfort gestures but this will increase dramatically when someone is fibbing.

說謊的壓力和不適感常常會導致說謊人做出一些安慰自己的動作，例如搖擺身體、撫摸頭髮、轉動或玩弄自己的結婚戒指。所有人都傾向於做一些自我安慰的動作，但是說謊時這些動作會大大增多。