Evaluation and Deceit Signalsnose. When he lied, however, he gave a split-second frown
before he answered and touched his nose once every four
minutes for a grand total of 26 nose touches. Conversely, Bill
Clinton did not touch his nose at all when he answered truth-
fully, they said.
Studies with Body Imaging cameras have revealed that a
man's penis also swells with blood when he tells a lie. Maybe
the Grand Jury should have pulled Bill's trousers down
instead.Grand Jury prosecutor: 'Mr Clinton - why did the chicken
cross the road?'
Bill Clinton: 'What do you mean by chicken? Could you
define chicken please? And I did not cross the road with that
chicken.'- What About an itchy Nose?
The itch of a person's nose is normally satisfied by a deliber-
ate rubbing or scratching action, as opposed to the light
strokes of the Nose Touch gesture. As with the Mouth Cover,
the Nose Touch can be used both by the speaker to disguise his
own deceit and by the listener who doubts the speaker's words.
An itch is usually an isolated repetitive gesture and is incon-
gruent or out of context with the person's overall
conversation.
4.The Eye Rub
'See no evil,' said one of the wise
monkeys. When a child doesn't want to
look at something he'll cover his eyes
with one or both hands. When an adult
doesn't want to look at something dis-
tasteful, the Eye Rub is likely to occur.
The Eye Rub is the brain's attempt to
block out the deceit, doubt or distasteful
thing it sees, or to avoid having to look at the face of the
person who is being lied to. Men usually rub their eyes vigor-
'I just can't see it'