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Eye Direction and Lying
Eye Movement and Direction & How it Can Reveal Truth or Lies
This is a continuation of our previous article Detecting
Lies. Many comments by our visitors asked
about how eye direction can indicate the presence of a lie.
Can the direction a person's eyes reveal whether or
not they are making a truthful statement? Short answer: sort
of. But,
it isn't as simple as some recent television shows or movies make it
seem.
In these shows a detective will deduce if a person is being untruthful
simply because they looked to the left or right while making a statement.
In reality, it would be foolish to make such a snap judgment without
further investigation... but the technique does have some merit.
So,
here it is... read, ponder and test it on your friends and family to
see how reliable it is for yourself.
Visual Accessing Cues - "Lying Eyes"
The first time "Visual Accessing Cues" were discussed (at least to my knowledge), was by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in their book "Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) " From their experiments this is what they found.
When asked a question a "normally organized" right-handed
person looks (from your viewpoint, looking at them):
Up and to
the Left
Indicates: Visually Constructed Images (Vc)
If you asked someone to "Imagine a purple buffalo", this would be the
direction their eyes moved in while thinking about the question as
they "Visually Constructed" a purple buffalo in their mind.
Up and to
the Right
Indicates: Visually Remembered Images (Vr)
If you asked someone to "What color was the first house
you lived in?",
this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about
the question as they "Visually Remembered" the color of their
childhood home.
To
the Left
Indicates: Auditory Constructed (Ac)
If you asked someone to "Try and create the highest the
sound of the pitch possible in your head",
this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about
the question as they "Auditorily Constructed" this
this sound that they have never heard of.
To
the Right
Indicates: Auditory Remembered (Ar)
If you asked someone to "Remember what their mother's
voice sounds like ",
this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about
the question as they "Auditorily Remembered " this sound.
Down and to
the Left
Indicates: Feeling / Kinesthetic (F)
If you asked someone to "Can you remember the smell of
a campfire? ",
this would be the direction their eyes moved in while thinking about
the question as they used recalled a smell, feeling, or taste.
Down and To
the Right
Indicates: Internal Dialog (Ai)
This is the direction of someone eyes as they "talk to themselves".
The Gist of it...
How this information is used to detect lies:
Example: Let's say your child asks you for a cookie,
and you ask: "Well, what did your mother say?" As they reply "Mom
said... yes.", they look to the left. This would indicate a made up
answer as their eyes are showing a "constructed image or sound. Looking
to the right would indicated a "remembered" voice or image, and thus
would be telling the truth.
Final Notes:
*** Looking straight ahead or with eyes that are defocused/unmoving
is also considered a sign of visual accessing.
*** A typical left-handed person would have the opposite meanings
for their eye-directions.
*** As with other signs of lying, you should first establish and understand
a persons base-behavior before concluding they are lying by the direction
of their eyes.
*** Many critics believe the above is a bunch of bull***t. In my own
experiments I have found these techniques to be more true than not.
But, why not find out for yourself? Make up a list of questions that
like the sample ones, and give them to your friends/family anyone who
would be your guinea pig, observe their eye movements and record the
results.
*** This guide is hardly in-depth, I recommend getting the book "Frogs
into Princes:
Neuro Linguistic Programming" by Richard Bandler
and John Grinder for a more thorough explanation if the subject
interests you.
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