Ever wondered how to tell if the person you are interviewing is lying to you? Perhaps he/she is blushing, blinking when you ask questions, avoiding your eyes? Research by academics at the University of Portsmouth, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), has cast doubt on the reliability of watching for such so-called “lie signs” such as suspects shifting uncomfortably, stumbling over words or breaking eye contact.Instead, they suggest that putting extra mental pressure on suspects by asking them to reverse their accounts can lead to clearer signs that they are lying. More details by clicking on the following link:
Determining suspect truthfulness will be one of the subjects covered in ARC Training’s new one-week basic investigations course, currently under development and due for launch early 2008.
