Tag: lying

In this episode of our One Minute Mentor video series, Wicklander-Zulawski President Dave Thompson tells LPM Assistant Editor Allie Falk how to spot when someone is lying. 

Learn more about how investigators seek to identify the truth that can be used to further an investigation, and how expertise, consequences, and empathy all play a part.

A nose scratch, a mouth cover, hand wringing, leg tapping, looking away when answering—over the years, different claims have been made about these and other nonverbal behavior as possible cues to deception. But what’s the truth?

While nonverbal behaviors are open to interpretation by observers, the word choice individuals use must have been intentionally picked to express the person’s meaning. By examining the words selected, an interviewer can identify underlying information that needs to be more fully explored.