The Ultimate Body Language Book

people’s children would be more useful. Teachers whom are faced with stories about summer vacations
or their extravagance might hold doubts, but until they can confirm these doubts with facts,
photographs or even parent’s confirmation, they simply remain doubts. Information presented outside
the realm of the children’s possible experiences can be used to reasonably detect lies, but with
widespread media and internet, story creation by children is made much easier. However, as the
research shows repeatedly, we should not expect to be able to detect lies through body language alone,
even in children.
Chapter 16 - Deception and Lie Detection
The Most Common Gestures Associated With
Liars
As we have seen liars are difficult to detect and sometimes body language is more of a distraction than
a help, however, as mentioned throughout, most people still rely on visual cues and identify (at least in
their mind) liars through their body language. While these cues are only sometimes useful in detecting
lies, they are always valuable as cues to avoid if the desire is to appear honest and trustworthy in the
eyes of others. In other words, here is a list of cues to avoid emitting yourself!