| 1 | Several people talking at once distract a listener. | |
| 2 | The static listener gives no feedback, remains relatively motionless, reveals no expression. | |
| 3 | There was no distinction between the near and the far, and an auditor felt close to everything within the horizon. | |
| 4 | He played those recordings to about 50 people in a handful of experiments. Then, he asked listeners to try to identify details about what they heard. | |
| 5 | Good liars have the same gift as good communicators: the ability to get inside the listener's head. |