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Looking left or right not linked to lying, says study
Thursday July 12, 2012 07:12:34 PM,
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London: The popular
notion that looking towards the right suggests lying, while the
reverse eye movement indicates telling the truth, may not be true,
says a study.
Researchers led by Caroline Watt from the UK's University of
Edinburgh debunked this perception on the basis of three studies,
demonstrating that the eye movements were not linked to telling
the truth or lying.
"A large number of people believe that certain eye movements
indicate lying, and this idea is even taught in organisational
training courses," said Watt, the journal Public Library of
Science ONE reports.
"Our research doesn't support the idea and suggests that it is
time to abandon this approach to detecting deceit," added Watt,
according to an Edinburgh statement.
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