Monday, July 09, 2012

Do shifty eyes really mean you're lying? Researcher says no, you're just thinking

It's my observation that liars will usually make a point to look you in the eyes, to try to appear honest.

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/09/12585228-do-shifty-eyes-really-mean-youre-lying-researcher-says-no-youre-just-thinking?lite

By Brian Alexander July 9, 2012

Whenever I’ve watched video of myself on TV, I think I look shifty-eyed. I’m asked a question and my eyes dart away from the camera into which I’ve been told to look. At the time, I don’t know I’m doing it, but I am.

Psychology professor Howard Ehrlichman of Queens College, City University of New York, has been studying eye movement since the 1970s. In a recent article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, he reviewed some of his work, including recent findings, and argued there’s robust evidence that I’m not being shifty-eyed at all. I’m just thinking. More specifically, I'm accessing long-term memory.
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“There’s no way to prove this is universal,” Ehrlichman says. “But I can say that you can see it just by looking at people on TV, and in interviews. I am convinced it is universal.”

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