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Liars avoid eye contact.

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REFUTED
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3 sources for · 5 against

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Is it true that Liars avoid eye contact?

No. Peer-reviewed deception research reports that the belief that liars avoid eye contact is popular but inaccurate, with meta-analyses finding no significant relationship between gaze and deception and one airport study finding liars made more deliberate eye contact. The contrary statements are unsupported folk assertions in textbooks and fiction.

Verdict: REFUTED · 3 sources for, 5 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 3
Management and Organizational Behavior
2001
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Cook, C. W. & Hunsaker, P. L. (2001). Management and Organizational Behavior. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=kKRXAAAAYAAJ&dq=Liars+avoid+eye+contact.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

Evidence against · 5
Eye contact
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Eye contact. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_contact

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More for · 2
The conservation professional's guide to working with people
2007
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A, B. S. (2007). The conservation professional's guide to working with people. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/conservationprof0000bona_c7w3

Secret Saturdays
2012
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Secret Saturdays. (2012). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/secretsaturdays0000unse

More against · 4
Who Told You That ? Uncovering the Source of Believed Cues to Deception
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Who Told You That ? Uncovering the Source of Believed Cues to Deception. (n.d.). ccsenet.org. https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijps/article/download/32737/19321

Direct Speaker Gaze Promotes Trust in Truth-Ambiguous Statements
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Direct Speaker Gaze Promotes Trust in Truth-Ambiguous Statements. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162291

Experimental economics for machine learning—a methodological contribution on lie detection
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Experimental economics for machine learning—a methodological contribution on lie detection. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314806

Windows to the Soul? Deliberate Eye Contact as a Cue to Deceit
2012
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Windows to the Soul? Deliberate Eye Contact as a Cue to Deceit. (2012). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-012-0132-y

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