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Signals that a person is thinking hard, such as pauses, gaze aversion and slowed gestures.
Asked to recall a sequence of events a person looks away and the hands fall still.
Heavy thinking shows in reduced movement and broken gaze as attention turns inward.
Load shows effort, not honesty or dishonesty, so do not read it as guilt.
The escape of true feeling through small signals despite efforts to conceal it.
ExploreA flash of pleasure that can appear when a person believes a deception is succeeding.
ExploreSoothing actions such as stroking the neck or rubbing the legs that calm the nervous system.
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