When a person is lying, do they look to the left or the right?

[Zanix]

I remember from psyc. class that people will look one way when they are recalling from memory and look another when using creativity. I've got them mixed up.

Anyone know?

 

[MikeMike]

i look right at the persons face and right in the eye as i lie

 

[Rage187]

look up and/or left they are using their imagination

 

[UncleWai]

yeah, only amateurs will give tells when lying.

 

[Riceball]

Originally posted by: Rage187
look up and/or left they are using their imagination

Looking up is attempting to recall information. Looking down or looking to the left, from your perspective, they are lying.

 

[cmv]

On a side note, in typical conversation (like business) how often do you look into the person's eyes and how often do you look elsewhere? Just curious...

 

[sygyzy]

Watch Negotiator again.

 

[daniel49]

looks off to right.... uhmm I don't remember.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Watch Negotiator again.

just what I was thinkin

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

<Ocean's Eleven>You look down and they know you're lying, you look up and they know you don't know the truth.</Ocean's Eleven>

 

[GeekDrew]

I thought that the theory behind the eyes reflecting truth or fiction had been discredited?

 

[platinumike]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I thought that the theory behind the eyes reflecting truth or fiction had been discredited?

 

[BD2003]

Thats bs.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Negotiator Script[/b]
If I ask you a question about something
visual, like your favorite color...



...your eyes go up and to the left.



Neurophysiology tells us your eyes
go in that direction...



...because you're accessing
the visual cortex.



So you're telling the truth.



If your eyes go up and right...



...you're accessing the brain's creative
centers and we know you're full of sh!t

 

[anxi80]

i can easily tell if someone is lying. we can smell our own. 😉

 

[Kenji4861]

Yea.. that sucks. I always seem to look down when I'm trying to recall something. I hope no one takes this theory seriously.. every person I talked to in meetings must've thought I was BSing.

 

[Syringer]

Whatever it is I'll start doing the opposite.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

You just stare kids in the eye and if they cant stare you in the eye and tell you stuff, they are LYING...

 

[wfbberzerker]

some kid i know would always look down when he was lying.