FBI super mind-reading technique: teach you instant insight into people's hearts

Chapter 30 FBI People Reading Technique: Did He Lie (2)
In the 20s, the Soviet Union developed an extremely advanced bomber code-named "Backfire". In order to prevent the balance of weapons and equipment from being broken, the FBI began to vigorously collect information about "Backfire".But the Soviet side had long expected that the FBI would intervene, and the secrecy work was done very well.

After repeated confrontations, although the FBI failed to obtain much information about the "Backfire", it solved the problem of breaking the balance through other channels. Through various methods, the FBI finally forced the Soviet Union to compromise and agreed to limit the performance improvement and production scale of "Backfire".Of course, the FBI made a lot of promises to the Soviet Union for this.

Later, drastic changes occurred in the Soviet Union, and the new Russia could not compare with the Soviet Union in many aspects, especially the economic problems, which were very serious.In order to ease the economic pressure, Russia tried to sell the "backfire" in exchange for banknotes used to resume economic production. The FBI was shocked when they found out about this. "Backfire" export, this is something the United States never wants to see.In order to prevent the "backfire" from flowing to other countries, the then President of the United States personally issued an order to the director of the FBI and the US Foreign Ministry, asking them to do everything possible to stop this dangerous behavior of Russia.

After a new round of confrontation, Russia finally agreed not to export "Backfire", but as compensation, the director of the FBI promised on behalf of the Federation that the Federation would provide Russia with tens of billions of dollars in loans every year to restore Russia's economy.For promises like these, representatives of the FBI did not know how many promises they made to relevant Russian personnel, but in fact, none of them were fulfilled at all.

Although a promise is a contractual act, it has no legal effect after all.Sometimes in order to achieve their goals, many people will use promises. Because this kind of lie has some seriousness at the same time, it is easy to deceive the other party.

This is how a liar moves
Not only people's expressions can't lie, but also some people's actions can't lie.They appear as if they are natural, but they are in fact the opposite of what the liar is saying.When these signals appear, we can judge with certainty that the person in front of us is not telling the truth.

First, true and false smiles tell everything.

Geoffrey Cowan, a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, is working on a machine that measures changes in facial muscles. "We could tell how many times each muscle was moved, how long they stayed there before changing, and whether the subject's performance was real or fake," he explained.

But you don't need Cowan's machine to spot a lying man or a guilty girl, because a liar's false smile can see through their lies in seconds. "A real smile is even, symmetrical on both sides of the face, and it comes on quickly but fades slowly," says Cowan. "It involves the wrinkles from the nose to the corners of the mouth, and the laugh lines around your eyes."

"On the other hand, fake smiles come on more slowly and are slightly uneven, when one side is not too real, the other side wants to respond positively. The eye muscles are not fully engaged, which is why The cold, vicious smile of the 'villain' in the movie never reaches his eyes," Cowan added.

A liar's smile seldom shows real emotion, but more to cover up the inner emotional world.Studies have shown that a smile accompanied by a higher speaking pitch is the strongest evidence that lying is in progress.

A fake smile stems from a lack of emotion.The lack of emotion makes the smile look dazed, with the corners of the mouth turned up, a sickly semblance of pleasure, as if to say: This is not how I really feel.Recognizing a fake smile can be difficult, but the following facial expressions can unconsciously give away a fake smile.

People who fake smile only use the muscles in the cheekbone area when smiling, only the mouth moves, and the orbicularis oculi muscles around the eyes and the cheeks are elongated.Therefore, the muscles of the cheeks are relaxed during a fake smile, and the eyes will not squint.Cunning liars compensate for this by wrinkling the muscles in the cheekbones, an action that affects the orbicularis muscle and flabby cheeks and causes the eyes to squint, making fake smiles more believable.

The time for a real smile is not very long, but the time for a fake smile can be very long.A real smile lasts only between two-thirds of a second and four seconds, depending mainly on the intensity of the emotion.A smirk, on the other hand, is as awkward as a guest who refuses to leave after a party.This is mainly because fake smiles lack the intrinsic motivation of real emotion, so we don't know when to end them.In fact, if any kind of expression lasts for more than ten or five seconds, most of them are likely to be fake.The only exceptions were displays of strong emotions such as anger, ecstasy, and depression, which were often more brief in duration.

When the real smile fades naturally when you see the emotion in others, so will the fake smile.For most expressions, the sudden start and end indicate that we are using the expression consciously.The only exception is surprise, which passes in a flash. From start, maintenance to stop, the total time will not exceed one second. If it lasts too long, this kind of surprise is just pretending.Many people can mimic the facial expressions of surprise—a raised eyebrow, a wide open mouth—but few can mimic the sudden start and end of surprise.

Finally, there is often a slight asymmetry between the expressions on the sides of the face when smirking.For right-handed people, the corner of the left mouth is raised higher when smirking; for people who are used to using the left hand, the corner of the right mouth is raised higher.

Second, liars are always touching themselves.

Liars tend to touch themselves a lot, just as chimpanzees "groom" more when they're depressed.Psychologist O'Hua and others have done such an experiment: Instruct the subjects to answer the interviewer's questions with lies, and record the behavior of each experimenter just after receiving the instruction, before lying, during lying, and after lying, etc. Their nonverbal behavior over time was compared to their behavior when they were not lying.

Immediately after receiving the instruction, when the subject lied, the answer became shorter and accompanied by subtle movements such as fiddling with fingers and subconsciously stroking a certain part of the body.The more people try to hide their inner feelings when lying, the more they will be exposed due to changes in various body movements.

Third, the eyes look up and to the right when lying.

A liar never looks you in the eye—liars know this, so a good liar looks into your eyes with double-focus, dilated pupils.Everyone remembers their mother's criticism as a child: "You must be lying again - I know, because you can't look me in the eyes." This teaches people from an early age that liars can't look other people in the eyes, so people Learned to do the opposite to avoid detection.In fact, when cheaters look at you, they focus so much that their eyeballs start to dry out, which makes them blink more, which is a deadly leak.

Another accurate test is to stare directly at someone's eye movements, which indicate that their brain is working.Most people, when their brain is "building" a sound or image (in other words, they're lying), their eye movement is in the upper right direction.If people are trying to remember something that actually happened, they look up and to the left.This "eye movement" is a reflex action that cannot be faked unless it is strictly trained.

Fourth, the direction of the gesture is inconsistent with the gaze.

This is another obvious characteristic of lying.If the speaker's eyes are not looking in the same direction as the speaker's hand is pointing during the narration, that is also a sign that the person is lying.The most typical example is Mr. Bill Clinton. When asked "whether he has had improper sexual behavior with Ms. Lewinsky", Mr. Clinton looked at one side, but pointed to the other side to emphasize that he and Lewinsky Miss Winsky did not lie about sexual misconduct.

Among the cases recorded by the FBI, there is another typical case.

A young suspect is brought in for questioning, his confession sounds convincing and his story seems plausible.He stated that he never saw the victim, but walked along a cotton field, turned left and walked straight home. The FBI agent quickly jotted down his confession, while another seasoned agent kept an eye on his every move.According to the detective, when the suspect said to turn left and go home, his hand made a right hand gesture, pointing right at the crime scene.If he hadn't been watching him all the time, the agent wouldn't have been able to catch this flaw -- the inconsistency between verbal (turning left) and nonverbal behavior (gesturing to the right).Upon seeing the gesture, the seasoned detective immediately determined the man was lying.In the face of the evidence collected later, he finally had to admit his crime.

who betrayed you
The reason why human beings can evolve into advanced animals is because the human brain and mind have evolved the ability to cover up their hearts with language, expressions and actions.This ability allows people to laugh when they are unhappy and calm when they are extremely excited.However, those pretended expressions are not the true expression of the heart, and will quietly betray you inadvertently.

hidden secret betrayer

Have you ever encountered such a situation in your life: a secret has been kept in your heart for a long time, and you only share it with your closest friends and never tell it to strangers.However, in the end the secret was learned by the opponent.At this time, you must be racking your brains to think who betrayed you.

There is such a fable about the secret betrayer.

The fox has always coveted the delicacy of the hedgehog, but he cannot succeed because of the hard spines of the hedgehog.The hedgehog's good friend, the crow, has a big mouth. He has a wide range of friends and spreads all kinds of words.One day, when the crow was chatting with the hedgehog, the crow praised the hedgehog's burr armor: "Brother Hedgehog, your burr armor is invincible in the world. Anyone who sees your burr armor will hide away. I really envy you!"

The hedgehog was very humble at the beginning and didn't say anything, but after several compliments from the crow, the hedgehog began to get carried away.It whispered to the crow quietly: "Little crow, I am too proud. There is no invincible thing in the world. I also have weaknesses. Do you know that when I curl up, my belly button is still exposed. If I blow on the belly button, I will feel extremely itchy, and my body will naturally open up." The crow was very surprised when he heard this, and it turned out that the hedgehog's weakness lies in the belly button.At the end, the hedgehog specially reminded him: "Little Crow, you must not tell this secret to others!"

The crow vowed that he would never tell others the hedgehog's secret.But when chatting with the magpie, the crow told the magpie the secret of the hedgehog in order to please the beautiful magpie.The crow warned the magpie that this secret must not be revealed, and of course the magpie agreed very seriously.Later, the magpie told the zebra, and the zebra told the woodchuck.

Unfortunately, the groundhog was caught by the fox.When the fox opened his mouth to eat the groundhog, the groundhog had an idea and said to the fox: "Smart fox, don't you really want to taste the delicacy of the hedgehog? If you let me go, I will tell you to unload it." How to get rid of the hedgehog's burr armor!" After hearing the hedgehog's secret, the fox let the groundhog go.

What happens in the end?Everyone should know that the fox caught the hedgehog, and then gently blew on the hedgehog's belly button. The hedgehog's defense was dissolved, and it naturally became a big meal for the fox.Who betrayed the hedgehog?Is it a crow, a magpie, a zebra, or a groundhog?

In fact, the one who really betrays the hedgehog in the fable is precisely the hedgehog himself.In a forest full of dangers and the strong prey on the weak, only its thorns can truly protect itself. However, in order to show off its quick tongue, it told its so-called good friend the crow about its fatal weakness, and finally made itself a A delicious meal in the mouth of a fox.

This story warns us not to easily tell others about our secrets and weaknesses.You are the only person who can keep secrets for yourself!
There are no secrets before reading people

The secrets in the fables are told by the parties themselves, and similar situations exist in real life.But did you know that in front of the art of reading people, there are many hidden secrets that do not need to be revealed by others. We only need to use some in-depth techniques of the art of reading people to interpret his heart, and we can also get it.

Unlike the hedgehog in the fable, you don't have to speak up to defend yourself, and you don't have to hide your secrets. Experts in reading people can also touch your secrets through subtleties such as your looks, expressions, and movements.But the same thing as the fable is that the person who betrayed you is also yourself.

In the history of American FBI investigations, there is a classic case.Agent Joe Navarro is a senior FBI agent with 25 years of work experience. He successfully cracked a vicious case of killing people with ice picks by using people reading skills.The investigation and evidence collection of this case is very complicated, and the FBI can only use screening methods to narrow down the scope of suspects.When Agent Joe Navarro questioned a man, he had ample alibi, and his attitude and language were so sincere that it was impossible to link him with the brutal murder.But Agent Joe Navarro did not let his guard down, and he kept asking his questions:

"If you were involved in this case, would you use a gun?"

"If you were involved in this case, would you use a knife?"

"If you were involved in this case, would you use an ice pick?"

"If you were involved in this case, would you use a hammer?"

The man shook his head in denial at all questions, he didn't tell his secrets, but his body betrayed him - the man's eyelids were visible when Agent Joe Navarro mentioned the ice pick The ground drooped, and it drooped until the name of the next weapon appeared.Detective Joe Navarro noticed this slight change, immediately understood the message, and listed this man as the first suspect.Later, after continuous investigation and evidence collection by the FBI, it was finally proved that the murderer of the ice pick murder case was this man.

Therefore, in front of experts who are proficient in reading people, no one can hide their secrets. To sum it up in the simplest sentence, that is-there is no secret before reading people.

Reading people, the magic weapon of the FBI

As we all know, the FBI is the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is one of the most famous intelligence agencies in the world. The FBI and its agents have extensively participated in the investigation of major and extraordinarily serious cases in the United States and abroad. They have arrested a group of notorious kidnappers, robbers and murderers, and played a vital role in the fight against the Ku Klux Klan. . The criminal investigation and interrogation strategies, non-verbal communication and psychological application skills widely used by FBI agents in their work are all important components of human reading skills.It is no exaggeration to say that reading people is the magic weapon of the FBI.

Required Courses for "Prospective Agents"
We all know the "FBI," but few know the "National Academy of the FBI."It is like the police academy and military academy in our country, where "prospective agents" learn and train.The college is located at the US Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. This senior secret agent and spy training institution founded in 1972 is completely surrounded by 385 acres of forest, and it is difficult to see the panorama from the air.According to the official FBI website, such an environment is conducive to "safety and confidentiality."

There were 6 main subjects and 9 minor subjects in the earlier FBI student examination subjects.The main subjects include federal criminal law and investigative methods, etc., and the sub-subjects include court appearance skills, firearm use, and even crime scene searches and speeches.However, with the development of the times, today's FBI has added some new training courses, such as the "body language" subject that belongs to the art of reading people.This makes the art of reading people a compulsory course for FBI students, and its importance can be seen.

In the college's "Body Language" class, teachers often talk about some classic cases to make students realize how important it is to understand body language.The most commonly used case is undoubtedly a speeding incident before the "9" incident.

Two days before the "9" incident, Ziad Jarrah, one of the terrorist hijackers, drove past the Maryland State Police Department at a speed of 11 miles per hour.After the local police caught up with him, they just gave him a ticket. FBI executives believe that terrorists will show obvious signs of anxiety before carrying out an attack, and the terrorist driving the car so fast is the most convincing proof.But the local police didn't notice the psychological agitation that dominates the terrorist's body language, so what he exchanged for a ticket was the terrorist attack two days later.If that cop had been trained in human reading, he might have been able to prevent 90/9 by reading the body language and other micro-expressions of speeders.

The universal magic weapon in actual combat
In fact, for FBI agents, they don't need to have a deep research on the art of reading people, as long as they can be used properly in actual combat, they can get unexpected results. The "Ziad Jarrah speeding case" is a negative case of not using people-reading technology to cause disasters. Its mistakes are regrettable, but when FBI agents use people-reading techniques, there are also many positive examples of preventing problems before they happen.

One day in December 1999, while cooperating with the US customs security inspection, FBI agents discovered a suspicious person.The man who drove into the country was called Ahmed. He looked tense, restless and sweating profusely as he faced routine questioning by the FBI and customs officers.When the staff asked whether there were flammable and explosive items in the car, he was so nervous that he could not speak clearly.FBI agents who are familiar with people reading skills responded quickly. They ordered Ahmed to get out of the car for further questioning and asked for a detailed inspection of the car.Ahmed tried to escape after getting out of the car, but was cornered by the FBI agents who were already prepared.After inspection, a large amount of explosives and a timed explosive device were hidden in Ahmed's car.Faced with the evidence, Ahmed finally admitted that he was a terrorist known as the "Millennium Bomber", who brought explosive devices into the United States to blow up Los Angeles Airport. The FBI agents were aware of the details and interpreted them correctly, so that the terrorist's plot was successfully seen through.The miraculous function of the art of reading people can be seen from this. It is no coincidence that it can become the magic weapon of the FBI.

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