I was always fascinated by the depths of Cognitive Psychology as a means
to know how we react to everyday emotional triggers around us. When
dealing with people who are extremely close, it may hurt us beyond
measure if they lie to us. If we can't stop others from lying, we can
certainly help ourselves in detecting deception by a very simple
technique. I recently came across an interesting way to catch people who
lie by the little unknown clues that their body offer us. Definitely it
is an exciting thing to know if the person in front of you is speaking
the truth or otherwise, and the essence of this amazing technique is
that anybody can master it!!!
Our brain is divided into two hemispheres, each of which control
specific functions. It has been cognitively proved that our right side
of brain controls the left side of our body, whereas the left side of
brain manages the right part of the body. In Psychology, they call it
"Lateralization of Brain Function." Normally for right handed people,
the left hemisphere of brain manages language abilities,science, maths
and logical thinking, or basically all that which requires already
stored Memory. And interestingly, the right hemisphere manages Creativity, which may include your thinking, musical abilities, your intuition and ideas. And "lying" comes under the category of creativity,
because a person has to naturally use his creative skills in order to
lie, so that the person in front must have to be convinced that it is
actually the truth. Our eyes has a natural tendency to look at that side
of the brain which is actually in use. You would have several times
observed a person's eyes moving to the top right or top left whenever he
is trying to recollect and tell something to you. This is where you
have to catch it!
If he looks at the side of his brain that manages creativity, you can
deduce that he is creating a lie using all his creative prowess. But if
he looks to the side which manages stored memory, you can deduce that he
is actually trying to fetch information that is already true according
to his knowledge, and would require his past memory and not his creative
ability. Thus, he will invariably look to the side that handles stored
memory. But now a question arises. How do we know which side of the
person's brain manages what?
It can be easily known by trying a set of test questions on that person.
You can ask some very easy questions to the person ranging from what he
had eaten this morning or how old his father is. These set of questions
will force the person to look at that side of his brain that manages
the pre-stored memory. With proper examination on him, you can deduce
the side of the brain that handles Memory by throwing such easy
questions where there does not arise a need to lie. Then you can confirm
that the very opposite side is the Creative side. This test has to be
performed because memory and creative sides are different in different
people's brains.
Now you know which side controls what. After this, whenever you ask
something, you can very easily catch whether the person is trying to
fetch information from his already established knowledge side of brain
or his creative side. Thus, you can catch a lie if the eyes point to the
creative side invariably while they reply!
The technique needs immense patience and analytical observations from
your side, but it is really fun when you implement it on people.
Eventhough there is a lot of Research Scope in this area, Cognitive
Psychologists have reported to be using similar techniques prematurely
when they speak to their patients, and by Criminal Investigators when
the interrogate detainees in order to catch lies or signs of deception.
If they can implement it successfully, then it is certainly worth a try
in our daily lives as well! Such little psychological activities can
certainly engage our minds, and amazingly can help us read a fraction of
other's mind as well
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