From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Dec 17 1998 - 12:52:12 MST
Michael Lorrey <mike@lorrey.com> writes:
> Yes, there was an interesting bit on tv recently on the pantomimes
> that people have when they are lying. For example, apparently the
> memory center of the brain is in one hemisphere, while the center of
> creative thinking is in the other. You can tell which one the person
> is accessing by watching which way they look, to the right or left,
> when they talk. If they are lying, then they are accessing the
> creative center to make the story up.
Hmm, I doubt this somewhat. People certainly do pantomimes when lying,
but they are seldom this nice and clear-cut. Besides, I'm suspicious
of a "creativity center" - at least I haven't heard of it in my
neuroscience readings.
> This trick can be beaten by creating your story before hand, and
> memorizing it, so you can remember it when being questioned, rather
> than making it up on the fly, but there are a number of other
> signals as well.
It is surprising how little preparation it takes to make a story
believable to yourself, if you mix in the right amount of
truth. Always worrying when you start to think about how much of your
*other* ideas are self-serving lies.
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