--- title: 4 Body Language Cues Can Signal Cheating in a Relationship description: Via Wray Herbert, author of On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits: Then they isolated the specific cluster of cues that were actually present... canonical: https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/ author: Eric Barker article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-18T04:01:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:49:34.442Z article:section: Ideas og:title: This Body Language Means You’re About to Be Cheated og:description: The power of four cues og:url: https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff5a77321bb882cd/6987efe12dce0107a69e1d72/108931087-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=434&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 434 og:image:height: 244 og:image:alt: man-suit-arms-crossed og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Body Language Means You’re About to Be Cheated twitter:description: The power of four cues twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff5a77321bb882cd/6987efe12dce0107a69e1d72/108931087-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=434&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Body Language Means You’re About to Be Cheated ## Video: Game Changer: Amy Cuddy, Power Poser [Watch (HLS stream): Game Changer: Amy Cuddy, Power Poser](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZUGEf6U2.m3u8) (5:58)  _Published 2012-03-19. Using a few simple tweaks to body language, Harvard researcher Amy Cuddy discovers ways to help people become more powerful_ by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker May 18, 2015 4:01 AM UTC  School teacher with arms crossed School teacher with arms crossedGetty Images by [Eric Barker](https://time.com/author/eric-barker/) ## Eric Barker May 18, 2015 4:01 AM UTC Via [Wray Herbert](http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/were-only-human/how-to-spot-a-scoundrel-fidgeting-and-trust.html), author of [On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307461645/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=spacforrent-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0307461645): --- > “” --- To learn the 4 secrets to reading body language like an expert, click [here](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/10/4-secrets-to-reading-body-language-like-an-ex/). **Join over 180,000 readers. Get a free weekly update via email** [**here**](http://eepurl.com/o6uAD)**.** **_This piece originally appeared on_** [**_Barking Up the Wrong Tree_**](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/04/what-body-language-can-tell-you-whether-youre/)**_._** Related posts: [New Harvard Research Reveals A Fun Way To Be More Successful](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/09/be-more-successful/) [The 8 Things The Happiest People Do Every Day](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/06/happiest-people/) [How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done – 5 Expert Tips](http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/08/how-to-stop-being-lazy/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/"},"headline":"This Body Language Means You’re About to Be Cheated","datePublished":"2015-05-18T04:01:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:49:34.442Z","description":"Via Wray Herbert, author of On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits: Then they isolated the specific cluster of cues that were actually present...","url":"https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/","keywords":["Psychology","body language"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff5a77321bb882cd/6987efe12dce0107a69e1d72/108931087-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Barker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-barker/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff5a77321bb882cd/6987efe12dce0107a69e1d72/108931087-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"man-suit-arms-crossed","caption":"man-suit-arms-crossed","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/psychology/","name":"Psychology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/","name":"This Body Language Means You’re About to Be Cheated"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Game Changer: Amy Cuddy, Power Poser","description":"Using a few simple tweaks to body language, Harvard researcher Amy Cuddy discovers ways to help people become more powerful","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZUGEf6U2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-03-19T13:26:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZUGEf6U2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/","duration":"PT5M58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3860118/cheating-body-language/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```