How Do You Tell If Someone Is Lying With Body Language?
“DR. MICHELLE COHEN: Many of my clients come in asking me how to tell in business or political situations or even romantic relationships if someone maybe trying to trick or deceive them. And this sounds a little bit of paranoid, but I mean there’s a lot of people who are really concerned about how to really read someone. So, there are certain ways you can pick up if someone’s trying to trick or deceive you. Usually, one of the most obvious ways is they’re anxious or nervous. They may have muscle tension. They may be rigid. They may have twitches. They may be very closed in their body language. Also, if you look at some political figures, you can very clearly see some of the discomfort. Sometimes, if you watch President Bush in his speeches, he’ll bite the inside of his lip, like that, a lot when he’s talking. That’s a tool to help him pause, but it also shows a bit of anxiety. And England’s ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair, if you watch him in a lot of clips, he puts his hands in his pocke
