Body Language Pictures While Lying.

In the top row two pictures, the actress is in a theater scene where she is describing how much she loves a male character in the play. During this time the two actors were really in love in real life off-stage. In the first two pictures, the script words she is speaking are very close to how she really feels about the other actor in real life. Her words are the truth about her feelings. She is not lying.

However, shortly before the scene was re-shot for the third time (bottom two pictures) the two actors had a big fight backstage. Therefore this time when she speaks her script words about the play's character (the same as in the first pictures), the words are untrue. She is lying and her body language exposes her real feelings toward the actor now. The dramatic difference in body language, especially her eyes and hands, reveals that she is lying.

Compare the pictures taken before the break-up (top row) and those after the break-up (bottom row). In all pictures she is saying the same words in the play's script but she is unaware of the differences in her body language.

Here she is telling the truth and has her normal smiling, open-eyed way of expressing a truthfully delightful experience.

In the pictures below she is lying and it shows in her very different mouth and eyes expression. When she talks about the guy she just broke up with, her normal expressions change dramatically. Her hands are not as open either. The main thing that reveals a lie is a sudden change from the norm in expressions, movements, and body language. A liar is stressed during and shortly after a lie so body language indicates stress. This often is indicated by self-comforting gestures with the hands such as rubbing the nose or scratching the face. Often the palms of the hands are suddenly hidden from view.

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