What Every BODY Is Saying : An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed Reading People

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make affirmative declarations such as “I have nothing to declare, officer,”
but have their feet turned away are more likely to be concealing something
they should have declared. In essence, their faces are obliging, their words
are definitive, but their feet reveal they are being less than cooperative.

Significant Change in Intensity of Foot and /or Leg Movement

Leg twitching and movement is normal; some people do it all the time, oth-
ers never. It is not indicative of lying—as some erroneously believe—as both

When a person talks to you with feet pointed

away, it is a good indication this person wants to

be elsewhere. Watch for people who make formal

declarations in this position, as this is a form of

distancing.

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