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turns out that eye movements probably aren't indicative.
read paper http://www.plosone.orarticle/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fiournalpone.0040259
From the abstract:
Proponents of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) claim that certain eye-movements are reliable indicators of
lying. According to this notion, a person looking up to their right suggests a lie whereas looking up to their left is
indicative of truth telling. Despite widespread belief in this claim, no previous research has examined its validity.
In Study 1 the eye movements of participants who were lying or telling the truth were coded, but did not match
the NLP patteming. In Study 2 one group of participants were told about the NLP eye-movement hypothesis
whilst a second control group were not. Both groups then undertook a lie detection test. No significant
differences emerged between the two groups. Study 3 involved coding the eye movements of both liars and
truth tellers taking part in high profile press conferences. Once again, no significant differences were discovered.
Taken together the results of the three studies fail to support the claims of NLP. The theoretical and practical
implications of these findings are discussed."
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