Skip to content
UdemyCommunication SkillsPaid courseBeginner levelCertificate

Body Language & Lie Detection: Read Body Language, Spot Lies (Udemy.com)

The Secrets Of Body Language & Nonverbal Communication | Read Body Language To Win Any Social Interaction

Created by: Expert Academy

Last updated August 2026

icon
What you will learn

  • The importance of body language in communication, and how you can use it to your advantage.
  • Understanding the human mind so you know how to detect lying and deception.
  • How to read body language to understand a person’s true emotions.
  • How to change your own body language to change the way people interact with you.
  • The art of reading body language.
  • The link between the mind and body, and how this reflects a person’s true motives.
  • How to build confidence and get rid of limiting beliefs

How it compares

Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews455#231 of 393 by number of reviews
  • Length1.2 hoursshorter than 75% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 92% of them

icon
Course Description

Did you know that 96% of communication is non-verbal? So when we try to gauge how someone is feeling, or when they are lying, why do we look to their words for the tell-tale signs? If you want to truly understand the emotions that someone is going through, or their hidden motives, you need to look at their body language instead.

The importance of body language in human communication cannot be understated. It tells you about a person’s true feelings. It hints at deception, lies and ulterior motives. It lays the perfect foundation to help you decide whether someone is trustworthy or not. So why leave everything to guesswork? Instead, getting a proper grasp on reading body language.

In this course, you are going to learn exactly how to read body language in an effective manner. By starting off with some basics on the link between the body and mind, you will soon understand concepts such as pacing, leading, sensory acuity and social mirroring. This transitions nicely into the second section of the course, where you will learn all the basics of body language. By watching for clues in posture, feet position, eye contact and micro-expressions, you will soon be able to ascertain what a person’s true feelings are, regardless of what their words are telling you.

In many cases, someone’s body language will match up with their speech. If they are anxious, you’ll be able to notice it in the way they speak. So what about the times when someone is trying to deceive you, where their body language does not align with what they are saying?

In the third section of the course, you will learn how to detect deception through body language. By understanding the different types of lying, paired with the tell-tale signs of deception, you will know exactly when someone is trying to pull the proverbial wool over your eyes. This is also a great opportunity to master your own body language too, as you can learn to move your body in a way that comes across as confident and trustworthy.

Put all this together, and you have the perfect course for reading body language in a practical way, allowing you to steer social interactions in the best direction and unearth people’s true motives and feelings. Enrol now!

icon
Udemy Discount

The discount is applied through our link. Open the course from here and Udemy's current promotional price is applied at checkout on most courses, no code to type.

Some courses are excluded from Udemy's promotions. If the price does not drop, clear your browser cookies and use the button again.

icon
Instructor Details

Expert Academy

The Expert Academy is a specialist creator, publisher and distributor of high-quality online courses. We bring together leading experts from around the world so you can learn from the best.

Our experts will teach you skills that will have an immediate positive impact on your life. We help you learn from the very best. 

icon
More courses by Expert Academy

$59.99

$11.99

$12.99

$11.99

$11.99

Free

icon
More Communication Skills courses

$64.99

$11.99

$22.99

$11.99

$22.99

$11.99

icon
Reviews

4.5

455 ratings on Udemy

Select a bar to show only those reviews.Select the bar again to show every rating.

By Smitinjay on 8/8/2023

If you want to understand human behaviour, how to detect lies, or even how to be even more confident, this course is for you!! Darren Stanton condenses such complex concepts and theories into digestible and understandable points, which allowed me to understand them and relate them to my life. I found it incredibly enjoyable and exciting; hopefully, you do too!!

By Daniel Wade on 3/14/2022

I really liked the class and Darren's presentation. The reason I did not give it 5 stars, is because I felt like there needed to be some additional demonstrations or video clips that would help drive the lesson. I wish there would have been some video clips and then they were presented to us like a quiz. We would then try to use what we have learned to pick up on signals, then afterwards, Darren would review the clip and we could see what we got and what we missed.

By Keith Turnbull on 3/11/2022

Thanks Darren, I took this as partly learning and partly refreasher. It worked well as both. There was the reassurance of my understanding with the looking up/down part. I remember and use this technique then there was the learning about matching and pace and switching leadership of the pace. Very interesting. I will do this course again soon to reinforce. One thing, lots of "sky rocketing" being said. LOL. Best, Keith T

By Ken Kroeger on 6/4/2021

I wish Darren had gone more into examples of body language and what they mean. The Frameworks of Beliefs and the Conclusion were very helpful - The quote from Henry Ford was very good to bring up was was "If you always do what you've always done you'll always get what you've always got. If there is an advanced course that is more in depth I will be signing up with Darren. His mannerism and delivery of subject matter was very good.

By Andrew Harby on 2/20/2019

I'm training to be a driving instructor and all advice and all the techniques I'm going to find very valuable tell my clients tell myself and help other people that come on board on my journey to success you have given me a chance for me to be more positive assertive, with these valuable tools just this little tool bag alone gives me a massive workbench to work with thank you for all your in-depth information and I'm looking forward to find out more about body language and how I can use is body language to help me prolong my courier as a driving instructor and as a EFT and tft practitioner can't thank you enough thank you very much and I'll be looking forward two more information and more material in the future of your courses Many thanks Andrew Harby

By Luigi M. Scollo on 1/26/2019

At the time I purchased this course I was going through an ugly time in my marriage; I am now going through a divorce and fighting for custody of my kids. This course allowed me to look at my wife in the face and know with absolute certainty (multiple red flags) that she was lying about cheating on me, that she is willing and trying to manipulate my emotions to get what she wants and that she is incapable of being honest moving forward... I have based life changing decisions on what I learned from this course and I am happy to report I now have proof to confirm my suspicions. I can't thank Darren enough for giving me the tools to make the right decision at the toughest time of my life. God bless you and keep up the great work!

By Amr essam Aboeleneen on 1/1/2019

Excellent explanation and i like short videos ; because I can concentrate for few minutes rather than 20 min long video , keep it up , I hope we see some illustration so that we can get move details. Moreover, i would suggest to put some exersices ? for example images that represents how people feel in the microexpresstions or video of someone lie(ing) to see how he/she body/face changes . that's why i rated 4/5 starts . otherwise everything is excellent and you are to the point =) Thanks Darren A lot

By Daniel Spach on 9/14/2018

Well, I really appreciate all the information and experience of the instructor. However, the whole course was just him standing there talking about it, while he described he importance of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning. I would have loved visual examples of the things he spoke of for us to watch and see/hear his feedback on. watching video of other people engaging in the behaviors he was describing.. such as micro-expressions and body language, and then his evaluations.

By Gabriella Alziari on 7/10/2017

This is an amazing class with a lot of important information packed into a short duration. It is well taught, clearly explained, and easy to watch. I recommend this course to anyone looking to gain further insight into human behavior and body language.

By Steve Oglesby on 7/8/2017

While most of the material could be found elsewhere online, I enjoyed the glimpses into how he had used the techniques enlightening. And his presentation style is very pleasant. I'd gladly pay to see a more in-depth version of all the topics.

Showing all 10 reviews on CourseDuck

Read all 455 reviews on Udemy

icon
Quality Score

No CourseDuck member has rated this course yet. Taken it? Give each part a thumbs up or down.

Content Quality
/
Video Quality
/
Qualified Instructor
/
Course Pace
/
Course Depth & Coverage
/

Overall Score : 90 / 100