8/2/2023 0 Comments Shifty eyes during questioning![]() Under stress or arousal of any kind, the pupils expand so as to allow more light in. The final aspect related to eye language worth mentioning is pupil dilation. Just because someone has unusual eye patterns does not mean that a person is lying, but chances are good that if you use bad eye language, or see someone else use bad eye language, you and they will be classified as untrustworthy. ![]() To the more astute, it will come as obvious that reading bad eye language can help us reduce the creation of false impressions about others. It is a well known fact that when people hold specific beliefs they discount information that disproves their ideas, and actively seek out information that support it, some of which doesn’t exist in ready made form. Negative impressions can stem from poor eye contact, even coming from the most honest and trustworthy people especially when it is the desire of others to label someone a liar for their own interest or purpose. Shutting out the outside world with stammering eyes can be a strong turn-off to other people, as can eye gaze avoidance which is probably why people universally attribute bad eye language to dishonesty. Gaze avoidance might be more closely associated with the intent of appearing more subordinate, or to reduce anxiety and intensity so as to diffuse the situation. Despite widespread beliefs about how liars refuse to look other people in the eye, there is little empirical evidence to suggest its truth. With regards to the general public who hold strong ideas about what a liar looks like, be sure to avoid gaze avoidance! Looking away for long periods of time, especially while talking, shifty eyes as mentioned, or using “stammering eyes”, which is the action of keeping the eyes closed for prolonged periods of time have all been noted as giving liars away. It’s simply a widespread belief that is passed down from generation to generation. People will stereotype liars as having shifty posture, self touching, appear nervous, have broken speech and so forth, but it is the belief that “they can’t look you in the eye” that is first and foremost on the tongue of all human lie detectors throughout the world! I suppose it would be less fascinating if that trait actually did predict lying, but it doesn’t. This trend exists cross culturally, despite any supportive scientific findings. It is also frequently named first as a tell, and was named by old and young people alike. In a study that looked at seventy-five countries, it was found that avoidance of eye contact was named as a lying trait in every single one of them. However, as we learned previously, most practiced liars hold gaze even more strongly than in normal situations. Shifty eyes, where the eyes dart all over the room to focus on anything but someone else’s eyes, is habitually associated with lying. Eyes that wont make contact or seem to dart around as if they are fabricating stories can give liars away.
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