A presentation on a Ted Talk Video by Pamela Meyer. Focus on lie spotting.

1. Raise your
hand if you
are a liar

2. How to spot a liar
By Pamela Meyer
Presented by Malik Ahsan Nadeem
01-171212-038

3. Who is Pamela Meyer?
• She is an author, a certified fraud
examiner and an entrepreneur.
• Highly trained in interrogation,
microexpression analysis, speech
analysis, and emotion recognition.
• Published her book “Lie Spotting:
Proven Techniques to Detect
Deception” in 2010.
• Dubbed “The nation's best known
expert on lying” by readers digest.

4. Where do lies gain their power from?
• Lying is a cooperative
act, it takes more than
one person to form a
lie.
• Lies gain their power
from us, all of us.
• All of us want to
believe in one lie or
another.
• Not all lies are harmful.

5. Trivia
• On average you may
be lied to 10-200 times
in a single day.
• Extroverts lie more.
• Strangers lie 3 times
within 10 minutes of
meeting each other.
• It’s a lot harder to lie to
an attractive person of
opposite sex.

6. Trivia
• A spouse will lie to
their other half in 1 out
10 interactions.
• Men lie more about
themselves, women
about others.
• The more intelligent
you are, the more
complex your lies will
be. (Coco the Gorilla)

7. Lying is a natural part of growing up
• Babies can fake a cry to
gain attention.
• 1 year olds learn
concealment.
• 2 year olds can bluff.
• 5 year olds manipulate
with flattery.

8. Lying is a natural part of growing up
• 9 year olds are
masters of cover up.
• In college you will lie
to your mom in 1 out
of 5 interactions.
• As you grow older, lies
are everywhere.

9. Lie Spotting Techniques

10. Verbal Dodging
• Will try to distance
themselves from the
situation.
• Will be less
cooperative.
• Use formal language.
• Beat around the bush,
with unnecessary
details.
• Won’t be as furious as
an honest person.

11. Body Language slips
• Non verbal gestures are
a lot harder to fake.
• Don’t assume how
people are supposed to
act when lying.
• Lips will say yes,
headshake will say no.
• Liars try to
overcompensate with
more eye contact and
hand gestures.

13. Facial Expressions
• Our micro expressions
give us away.
• Look at the eyes when
spotting a fake smile.
• Excessive blinking.
• Scowl indicates
contempt.

14. Duping delight

15. To conclude
• Normal people can detect lies, 54% of the
time, while experts have a rate of 90%.
• You cannot become an expert in a single
day, it takes a lot of training and
experience.
• The purpose of this presentation is not to
make you a person who goes around
catching people in lies.
• But to give you an insight into the world of
lie spotting.

16. The End