V6 — EYES

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Glare / sun behind you
• A screen, a window, movement behind you
• Recalling something, so looking into empty space (reducing the visual load)

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• It may be discomfort, but it DOES NOT MEASURE DECEPTION
• 23/24 peer-reviewed studies have rejected it; HIG: 'gaze aversion has never been shown to be a reliable indicator'

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• CULTURE: Japan/Asia/South America — a long look = aggression, disrespect; the Japanese look at the THROAT
• AUTISM: an innate deficit in eye contact
• Shyness (a personality trait, not a state)
• Thick glasses / a squint / sight in one eye only

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• CLASS X — WEIGHT 0. It scores nothing in any circumstance. Record it as context only.

Once you have assigned a label: Filter #18 — TRAINING IN REVERSE: the MORE police rely on the indicators they were trained on, the WORSE they perform. This entry is the reason.

V6 · 6.01

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• A dark room → having to look closer to read the face

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• Liars usually INCREASE eye contact because they know what people are looking for
• Pease's data: 70% of liars MAINTAIN eye contact → the detection rate falls to 25% (men 15%, women 35%)
• Machiavellians: they increase eye contact when lying (Navarro)

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Southern Europe / Middle East cultures: a long look is the norm
• Occupational habit (sales, public speaking)

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• T4: compare it with their own BASELINE RATE over the first 5 minutes. Only the DEVIATION counts, in either direction.

Once you have assigned a label: Counter-intuitive reversal: a steady look is NOT evidence of honesty. Use the derivative, not the value.

V6 · 6.02

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• LOW LIGHT — this is the strongest cause and must be eliminated FIRST
• Has just come from bright daylight into a dark room
• Looking into the distance

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• Arousal / interest (can dilate up to 4 times). MAXIMUM DILATION at the moment A SOLUTION IS FOUND
• A wholly autonomic response — physiologically the MOST RELIABLE signal in the entire system
• When they look back at you >2/3 of the time + pupils dilated → they find you interesting

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• DRUGS, medication (atropine, anticholinergics), pathology
• 1% of the population have eyes of different colours / one pupil permanently dilated
• GLASSES, tinted ones above all → they hide this signal completely

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• MANDATORY CONDITION: STABLE LIGHT, unchanged throughout the session. Without it, entries 6.03–6.04 are void in their entirety. Then T3 (ask about medication/substances), then T1.

Once you have assigned a label: Dilation from light or dark is E; dilation from content is N. There is no way to disambiguate if the light varies.

V6 · 6.03

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Strong light
• Looking at something close up (the convergence reflex)

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• Anger / negativity — 'beady eyes', 'snake eyes'
• A lot of returned gaze + constricted pupils → dislike / a challenge coming

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Opioids, certain medications
• Old age (the pupil shrinks with the years)

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• The same stable-light condition as 6.03. T1: constriction within 1–2 seconds after a sentence → N.

Once you have assigned a label: Pease: 'a man cannot tell whether a woman is about to kiss him or slap his face' — because he does not read the pupils.

V6 · 6.04

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• DRY EYES: air conditioning, a fan, a dry room, contact lenses
• Dust, smoke, pollen
• Screens, blue light
• Has just cried / just yawned

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• Stress — emotional/anxiety activation (the limbic system). Can rise from 10 to 50 per minute
• Navarro's quantitative example: 27 → 84 per minute during a stress-inducing question

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Tic / eyelid twitch
• Contact lenses (throughout the session)
• Sleep deprivation
• Caffeine

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• T4 IS MANDATORY AND QUANTITATIVE: COUNT the blinks per minute over the 5 baseline minutes. The figure 84 means nothing without the figure 27. T3: offer artificial tears / turn the fan off.

Once you have assigned a label: This is the model entry for Law 4: most readers fail because they read the ABSOLUTE VALUE instead of the DERIVATIVE.

V6 · 6.05

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Reading / looking fixedly at an object

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• HIGH COGNITIVE LOAD — constructing a story. Accompanied by: more pauses, LESS hand movement
• HIG 2016 records a decreased blink rate as a sign of hard thinking; Navarro/Pease record an increased blink rate under stress — BOTH ARE CORRECT, they measure two different things

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Meditation / trained concentration
• Medication

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• It must be distinguished by the ACCOMPANYING CLUSTER, not by the blink alone: fewer blinks + less hand movement + more pauses = cognitive load; more blinks + more pacifying = emotion.

Once you have assigned a label: This contradiction in the literature is real and has been resolved. Do not pick a side — read the cluster.

V6 · 6.06

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Dust/a particle in the eye
• A flash / glare
• Yawning, drowsiness

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• A BLOCKING MECHANISM — dislike of what has just been heard/seen
• Navarro: 'extremely accurate in highlighting the issues that trouble the interviewee'
• A hand/finger brought up to the eyes after a prolonged closure = reinforced blocking

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Sleep deprivation
• Chronic dry eye
• Habit of closing the eyes while thinking

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• LOCATING PROCEDURE: ask a series of questions → MARK every instance of eye blocking → that list of questions = THE HOT SPOT LIST → go back and dig in. T2 confirms it by recurrence.

Once you have assigned a label: Navarro's BEST hot spot locating tool. Use it as the backbone of the topic heat map.

V6 · 6.07

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Dust, smoke, contact lenses

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• A sensitive topic, irritation, 'suppressed anger'

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Eyelid tic (blepharospasm) — fairly common, can last for weeks
• Sleep deprivation, magnesium deficiency

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• T4: a tic appears EVENLY, with no match to the content, and usually in ONE eye only. N matches the topic and affects both.

Once you have assigned a label: Very easily confused with a tic. If a tic is suspected, drop the weight to 0.

V6 · 6.08

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Dust, allergy, eye strain, smoke
• Has just taken off glasses

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• 'See no evil' — blocking the sight of the deceit / avoiding the face of the person being deceived
• MEN: rub hard, turning the face away if the lie is blatant. WOMEN: a light touch JUST BELOW the eye, turning the face away
• The 'lying through your teeth' cluster: clenched teeth + a false smile + rubbing the eyes

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Seasonal allergy, conjunctivitis
• Make-up → women avoid rubbing hard whatever the reason
• Sleep deprivation

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• T5 by sex (hard/light, location) + T1 (the delay after the question). T3: ask 'is the room dusty / do you have an allergy?'

Once you have assigned a label: Calibrating for sex is mandatory in this entry; without it the signal will be missed entirely in women.

V6 · 6.09

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• A change of light, a squint then a raise

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• THE UNIVERSAL GREETING — 'I recognise you and I am no threat to you'. Present in monkeys and chimpanzees → innate
• Raised brows + widened eyes = EMPHASIS (Navarro's Domain 2)
• Someone who does NOT raise the brows in greeting is judged AGGRESSIVE

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• JAPAN is the only country that does not use it (regarded as suggestive, improper)
• Botox / restricted facial muscles
• A habitually low-expression face

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• The golden rule: ALWAYS raise the eyebrows at someone you like or want to win over. This entry is one to USE, not merely to read.

Once you have assigned a label: One of the few signals that can be used deliberately without backfiring.

V6 · 6.10

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Bright sun, squinting to filter the light
• Looking at something small, at small print

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• Lowering = dominance / provocation (present in chimpanzees for the same purpose)
• Drawn together, lowest in the middle = authority and ANXIETY at once

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Poor eyesight → constant squinting
• Pre-existing wrinkles → it looks like a frown

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• T3: hand over a large-print document / adjust the light → if the squinting stops, it is E (eyesight).

Once you have assigned a label: A sun squint and an anxiety frown differ at the EYE: in a light squint both lids narrow; in anxiety the lids stay open and only the brows come down.

V6 · 6.11

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• An unfamiliar room, orienting in the space
• There is movement, there is noise

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• Scanning for a way out — high alertness, or looking for help
• With increased fidgeting → approaching the limit

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Occupational vigilance habit (security, military) — they scan the room at all times
• ADHD

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• T4: a security professional scans EVENLY from the start. With N the scanning INCREASES after a particular sentence.

Once you have assigned a label: In a first session in an unfamiliar room, the first 30 seconds are E for almost everyone. Do not score them.

V6 · 6.12

E Environment

The cause is in the room, not in the person. Fix the environment, then measure again.

• Reading a document on the table and then looking up

N Neurological

The ONLY column that is scored and enters a cluster. Record the topic being discussed with it.

• It makes the eyes look larger and more childlike → it triggers the PROTECTIVE INSTINCT in men and women alike
• Submission, pleading for leniency

T Inert

Belongs to the body or to a lifelong habit. Fold it into the baseline; from then on only its acceleration counts.

• Women use it more
• A short person looking up at a tall one — geometry, not a signal

P Disambiguation test

Run the tests in gate order — rule out environment and inert causes first; what remains is neurological.

• T5: check relative height first. If they are 20cm shorter than you, this is geometry.

Once you have assigned a label: Visual geometry is the most overlooked source of false positives in Zone 6.

V6 · 6.13