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Cadence Of Speech
Please discuss your thoughts about detecting liars by interpreting their cadence of speech
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| Once more, and for the final time in this article, there is a slight misconception. The article states that if someone pauses in the middle of a statement, that they are lying. Another myth which unfortuetly the author of this article has fallen for. A pause simply means that the person is either recollecting his thought or that he is having a strong feeling about the subject. For example, if asked "Did you committ the murder?" a liar may already have an answer ready and respond quickly and confidently. While you may think that he is telling the truth because he is portraying these feelings, you have now fallen for the trick that this smart liar has come up with. Liars typically think out a story thoroughly and have every detail planned. So naturally they will respond quickly and accurately. This may seem like they are telling the truth, but they are not. Furthermore, they seem confident and happy that you asked them not becasue they are truthful, but because they feel confident they can trick you! The pause means nothing! Actually, pausing and changing a detail, such as saying "Yesterday at 8 oclock-- wait, 8:30" is actually a strong sign of telling the truth! Again, the myth about pausing and what was written in the article is complete nonsense. Again, as written and described by Dr. Paul Ekman, the micro expressions of the person telling the lie must be annalyzed during the pause. But simply put, a person who is pausing may just as well be telling the truth as they are lying, and quite frankly, the pause means nothing... nothing at all. Think about it. Has every time youve paused when asked a question because you wanted to get the detail right and be rightly believed made you a liar? Absolutely not ! That one part of the article trully does not contain much merit. |
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| Joe smith, their is truth in what you are saying. Yet you failed to look at it from both angles. If a liar is caught off guard, and did not practice his story over and over again, their will be a pause while the liar is creating a story. What you are saying is true in some situations, but only if the liar knows he is going to be under scrutiny while he is answering. In addition, if you are suspecting that the liar has a thought out story, you should just utilize another lie detection technique. In conclusion, the way you look at it can also be considered a slight misconception by many others who view your opinion differently. |
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| Yes, I agree with Tom. Joe is not incorrect, but it can be both ways. Lie detection is not 100% by the book. |
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