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catcher braced and ducked with his elbow up to make the tag, the runner jumped over the catcher<br />

landing on home plate. <strong>The</strong> catcher stuck with his elbow up in defense could only convince his mind to<br />

bring his arm just close enough to miss the tag! Because his mind feared the body check, he wasn’t able<br />

to follow through with what he intended. While this is an interesting fear based response what follows<br />

is even more interesting since it helps us read liars. <strong>The</strong> catcher, realizing he failed to get the out,<br />

quickly turns to pursue the runner. One must ask why he would track the runner down if he made the<br />

tag? Obviously he hadn’t! But more important that this, is that we know that he knows that he didn’t<br />

make the tag! This means that any nonverbal language following the lack of tag, should he dispute it, is<br />

read as lying language. To state his case, the catcher chats with the umpire by raising his arms showing<br />

how he made the tag. What is revealing, however, is that the catcher only slightly raises his arms<br />

instead of doing it with emphasis. Instead of showing the gesture over and over again, the catcher just<br />

raises his arms once as if to make a casual rainbow motion with his arms. When his coach shows up<br />

with arms flaying and talking with enthusiasm, the catcher quietly exits! <strong>The</strong> catcher knows that he<br />

can’t make a case and so doesn’t put any effort into trying. <strong>The</strong> difference between the coach and the<br />

catcher, is that the catcher knows he’s lying, while the coach isn’t sure. Once more, the coach isn’t<br />

actually lying anyway, since he wasn’t there to feel the contact or lack thereof of the catchers mitt and<br />

the runner, he’s just acting out an inherent bias – he’s playing the role he was hired to do. Lack of<br />

commitment is an important cue to watch for when detecting lies so be careful to watch for it.<br />

Chapter 15 – Seating Arrangements<br />

Touch Reduction<br />

by Chris Site Author • March 6, 2013 • 0 Comments<br />

Liars will usually avoid physical contact.<br />

Liars rarely touch others when they lie to them. This is a natural part of the fight or flight response and<br />

the subconscious mind won’t permit them to reach out because of it. This can prove helpful in intimate

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