The escape of true feeling through small signals despite efforts to conceal it.
A person claims indifference yet a brief tightening of the mouth betrays real disappointment. The feeling slips out through a part of the body the person was not watching.
Watch the parts of the body that are hardest to control, such as the feet and the brief facial flash. The further a signal is from conscious attention, the more honestly it tends to leak.
Reading leakage well takes practice, and overconfidence here leads to error. Seeing leakage everywhere is a common beginner mistake that does real harm.
A flash of pleasure that can appear when a person believes a deception is succeeding.
ExploreSignals that a person is thinking hard, such as pauses, gaze aversion and slowed gestures.
ExploreSoothing actions such as stroking the neck or rubbing the legs that calm the nervous system.
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