Prof. J. J. Tecce at the Psychology Department, Boston College had these interviews with the local Boston Fox affiliate station, NECN, our New England Station and also with the NY Daily News. He is an expert on body language and he put forth what many of us already know. Donald Trump is a liar.
Guess who else knows this? Donald Trump’s body.
The body language of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
The first 3 interviews were before the Clinton-Trump debate the other week.
December 18, 2016
February 19, 2016
Summary: His blink rates are as twice as much as Ted Cruz!! His body language is a dead giveaway that he is a narcissist and has the signs of a serial exaggerator. “The weakened emotional control expresses itself in verbal exaggerations that have poison tips. He consistently makes personal attacks on his opponents that go beyond the pale, with anger fueling each word. He couldn’t even contain himself when responding to Pope Francis.”
June 10, 2016
http://www.fox25boston.com/news/can-body-language-predict-the-presidential-election/335778714
Summary: Those who blink their eyes the fastest have lost the popular vote in the last nine Presidential Elections. The only fast blinker that actually won without the popular vote was GWB in 2000. Also, Hillary blinks 40 blinks per minute, Trump at 64 blinks per minute. The normal range is 20 to 50. Her gestures are controlled and steady. Trump is “quite frenzied, he has a lot of head movements”.
Pre Clinton-Trump Debate
September 26, 2016
Summary: How you can tell if a candidate is being truthful — thru body language. Trump’s eye blinking shows he is very nervous — the example Prof Tecce used was when Trump was talking about Hillary’s temperament. Trump bobbles his head a lot and twitchy head movements mean nervousness and stress. Hillary looks ahead, she is focused and more engaged.
Professor Tecce did a review over the actual debate and he told me that even with the stress of the debate, Hillary’s blink rate went up to 55, just above the normal parameters, whereas Trump increases to 69. She has fewer head movements than he does. The only advantage that Trump had over Hillary was the gaze aversions — she looked down 9 times a minute whereas he looked down 3 times a minute.
Professor Tecce gives Hillary Clinton a strong advantage in body language over Trump and thinks she is on her way to the Presidency!