Sometimes we can use eye patterns to evaluate congruence or truthfulness. If someone is asked to describe something they have heard or seen, their eyes would most likely move in the direction of visually or auditory remembered -VR & AR.
On the other hand, if they are making it up, then their eyes should have the tendency to move in the direction of Visually or auditory constructed -VC & AC. This may indicate that the person is constructing a part of the condition or situation they are illustrating.
One should be careful in assuming that someone is being untruthful, because you may have asked a question on a topic that the person had never thought of before. In order to articulate a response, that person may have to listen to or visualize one or more pieces of true information in such a way that they had never done before. In such a case, they would be constructing a response and their eyes would more likely move in the direction of Visually or auditory constructed.
There are some people whose eyes do not move much. This can happen in cases where people are trying to maintain eye contact in an effort to be polite. Also, if the answer to the question is very well known or it is a recent observation, the person may not need to search their brain’s database for the information and their eyes may not move.
Some people have acquired habitual eye patterns and are more dominant in one or more areas. For, example, when dealing with a person who is predominantly right-handed and auditory digital, if you were to ask them, what the colour of their refrigerator is, their eyes would first wander down to their left (auditory digital) before wandering up to their left (visually remembered). This is because, first they would repeat the question and then try to make sense of it (auditory digital), and then finally get the answer (visual remembered).
Similarly, I am right handed and more visual. If you were to ask me the question: What it would feel like to soak in a nice hot bathtub?
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