How to spot a liar

I've been meaning to post about How to spot a liar for a few weeks, but have had to wait till TED made the English subtitles available, so that this October talk by social media expert Pamela Meyer reached as wide an audience as possible.

TED gives this  précis about the talk:
On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting, shows the manners and "hotspots" used by those trained to recognize deception -- and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving.



You may wish to compare Pamela's ideas with this clip from Videojug, How can I tell if someone is lying to me. If you are an intermediate student, try and complete the ideas below with the missing words after watching the video.



a) Little or no body movement occurs when the pressure of the lie makes the liar worry about their body language, so some will stop moving all together. This also is reflected in …………. ……………, when they probably won't be able to look at you.

b) Some liars do the opposite. They become actors and their actions and …………… get bigger to convince you they are telling the truth.

c) Lying makes people stressed and this comes across in their body language with strange gestures such as …………. and itching and shuffle (move) their …………. a lot.

d) Eyes are a great giveaway. Therefore some people will ………….   …………… at the point of the lie. Or people will replicate the innocence of childhood and widen their eyes while looking …………… at you.

e) We move our eyeballs to stimulate different parts of the brain. When the eyes roll upwards to the left, they are recalling memories and probably …………. ……………. But when their eyes roll up to the right, they are stumulating their ……………, and are probably going to lie to you.

f) When we lie, our noses do get a little bigger. It only has a …………. effect, but enough to make the nose itchy. Therefore when people keep …………. their nose, it could be a sign that they are lying.

g) This is a childish bit of body language, but some still desire to …………. their face, particularly when telling the part of the lie they are most worried about.

Key:
a) eye contact b) gestures c) scratching / feet d) look away / straight e) being honest / imagination f) tiny / scratching g) cover