Hargrave entertains, informs about body language
Hargrave presented her entertaining lecture "Freeway of Love."
Jacquelyn Suarez
Issue date: 2/18/08 Section: Entertainment
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Hargrave began her presentation with a hand-shaking icebreaker to get the audiences' attention. She informed all who attended about how a face up palm shake meant acceptance and a down-faced palm shake meant that the person wants to be in control.
Hargrave said a web-to-web handshake is the best way to shake someones hand. Hargrave then had the audience shake each other's hand to see what type of hand shakers they were.
Hargrave then tested the audience's ability to see if a person was lying to them. During the test, she told the audience three truths and one lie about herself; as she told each truth or lie she changed her body language.
After telling four facts about herself, she let the audience decide if they could spot the lie. Hargrave then revealed the real truths about herself and her one lie that she had been crowned Crawfish Queen.
After testing the audience's ability to spot a lie, she gave some useful tips on how to improve their inner lie detectors.
Hargrave said that there are certain gestures that a person will make that will let you know that the other person is lying to you. She said most of the time it will be what she called a double left that will help you spot a liar. A double left is when someone uses their left hand to touch, tap, scratch or move the left side of their body.
Hargrave said one of the main giveaways a person will see when being lied to is that the other person will move their the left index finger to the left side of the nose in a scratching motion.
Hargrave said that motion often covers the mouth and that tells the listener not to pay attention to what is being said because it is a lie. Hargrave said the most sincere and truthful gesture a person can make is when they place their open hand on their chest as if they are saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
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