Questão 1779627

Texto para as questões 79 e 80

It is often claimed that even the most stone-

faced liar will be betrayed by an unwitting eye

movement. But new research suggests that that

"lying eyes", which no fibber can avoid revealing,

5 are actually a myth.

Verbal hesitations and excessive hand

gestures may prove a better guide to whether a

person is telling untruths, according to research

conducted by Professor Richard Wiseman.

10 Many psychologists believe that when a person

looks up to their right they are likely to be telling a

lie. Glancing up to the left, on the other hand, is

said to indicate honesty.

But the experts are wrong, according to

15 Professor Wiseman and his team of researchers,

who tested whether eyes really can reveal lies.

The claimed link between lying and eye

movements is a key element of neuro-linguistic

programming (NLP), a method of enhancing

20 people's lives using psychological techniques. An

important aspect of NLP involves teaching people

about the relationship between their eye

movements and their thoughts.

According to the theory, when right-handed

25 people look up to their right they are likely to be

visualising a "constructed", or imagined, event. In

contrast when they look to their left they are likely

to be visualising what is known as a "remembered"

memory. For this reason, when liars are

30 constructing their own version of the truth, they

tend to look to the right.

The Independent, 12 July, 2012. Adaptado.

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