The Head Shake

Kim Kardashian

People often shake their head for a variety of reasons.  Some times people shake their head in disbelief.  Sometimes they shake their head in amazement, like when they’d say “I can’t believe how big that wave was.” Other times they shake their head  to mean no.  Just because someone shakes their head left to right (or vice versa) when they say something that is affirmative, doesn’t mean it is a sign of deception or they don’t believe what they are saying.

Head shakes are quite tricky business if you don’t have a deep understanding of human nature, and I caution people not to use head shakes as hot spots or clues unless you understand the nuances.

As with all clues to deception, for every clue you tell me that indicates a lie, I can find an honest person who does the same thing.

For beginners, when you are looking for this clue in deception, you want to look for a change between an unconscious action to a conscious correction for it to be a solid clue.

With Kaine Horman, his head shake in this video (which I cannot get to load this morning), does not flag me as inconsistent in any fashion.