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In the video clips that follow, I ask some second-hand car dealers to tell me a few bits of information and then challenge them to lie convincingly with one of the bits. You will see that, despite the dealers' best attempts, I can always tell when they're lying – a very useful skill! Below I tell you how you can do it, too.

Let's begin with an easy one. Watch this video clip.

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When the woman in the clip tells me the first bits of information about the car, I see that her pattern is to stare right into my eyes and to tense up her facial muscles a little. Then, suddenly, her eyes go all over the place as she has to think up a lie. You can see that she looks away to think of something, breaking her pattern, then looks back at me to mentally tell me the information. Then she looks away again, unsure of herself, as if she wants to see if she can make the lie any more convincing.

This was an easy one – she's a terrible liar! But notice that you have been able to tell that someone is lying without even hearing what they are saying. Not bad.

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