How to Tell if Someone Is Lying #HBR - data is beautiful





To accurately infer another’s intentions, you need to look for a set of cues — gestures that together can more accurately predict or reveal motivation. Here’s how my colleagues and I identified the four key ones (with the help of a robot, of course) and the outcome is that if you express these gestures, you are probably less trustworthy….


1.       Hand touching
2.       Face touching
3.       Crossing arms

4.       Leaning away

So What:  nothing that new, except that it was a robot which was the control, unlike previous studies. As Robots come into play more and more, the person who codes them can become the double bluff.  Trick you with emotions of love and steal your wallet in the process. Don’t believe me then watch – Guy Hoffman: Robots with "soul”