It in the Eyes You Know

In the last article the eyes were mentioned as being a possible give away if somebody is being less than honest with you. So what are the tell tale signs that the eyes may give?

There are links between the way somebody might be thinking and the direction their eyes will go. There are six directions in which the eyes will move whilst that person is in thought. Upper left, upper right, middle left, middle right, lower left and lower right.

So what do the differing directions indicate?

The following is an illustration for a right handed person.

Upper left is for visual construction. This indicates that a person is constructing a visual image.
Upper right is for visual memory. This indicates that a person is remembering a visual image.
Middle left is for auditory construction. This is an indication that our person being observed is constructing a sound.
Middle right is for auditory memory. This indicates that the person is remembering a sound.
Lower left is for Kinetics. This will mean that our person is remembering feelings.
Lower right is for auditory digital. Our person in question is talking to him/herself.

To give an example. A person can be asked the colour of their car. The eyes should go to the upper right, remembering the colour of that car. If the eyes go to the upper left then they are constructing a colour rather than remembering it therefore could quite possibly be making up an answer.

Now for the caution. Having described all this, it is not the most reliable of methods. These are some of the reasons why this method could let you down.

The person is left handed. If this is the case the eye direction should be reversed.
There are some people when trying to remember will manage to keep their eye direction in the middle.
Other people may focus and refocus their eyes when remembering and their eyes will move in any direction.
The mind is a superior device with hundreds of thoughts passing through at any one time. The eyes could therefore move in any direction dependant on the thoughts.

Although not fool proof, this method of detecting if you are getting the truth from someone is a worthwhile exercise and may be able to help you read that persons mind.

Terry Norrington

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