Yes on the gulp part. I know one of the many things of really listening to someone when you think they're lying is they do something like this, right on the lie part.
I've seen a lot of what I call a throat click. It's like you HAVE to swallow right now and it makes a click sound kind of. I've caught many, many people in this. Almost like a hesitation of breath or breath to the vocal chords.
It's my opinion he does that gulp as he is saying it and he has little control over his own body language. Given his frantic usual arm and hand waving was sort of under control it transferred to his mouth as he spoke.
I bet if he wasn't under instruction to keep his arms folded and fingers clasped, he would have touched his nose or mouth at that same point, to cover the lie, as many a teenager has done when questioned by their parents!
The hesitation you talk of with the swallow or click is definitely used to cover the spoken lie.
Yes on the gulp part. I know one of the many things of really listening to someone when you think they're lying is they do something like this, right on the lie part.
I've seen a lot of what I call a throat click. It's like you HAVE to swallow right now and it makes a click sound kind of. I've caught many, many people in this. Almost like a hesitation of breath or breath to the vocal chords.
It's my opinion he does that gulp as he is saying it and he has little control over his own body language. Given his frantic usual arm and hand waving was sort of under control it transferred to his mouth as he spoke.
I bet if he wasn't under instruction to keep his arms folded and fingers clasped, he would have touched his nose or mouth at that same point, to cover the lie, as many a teenager has done when questioned by their parents!
The hesitation you talk of with the swallow or click is definitely used to cover the spoken lie.