The question of whether discernible differences exist between liars and truth tellers has
interested professional lie detectors and laypersons for centuries. In this article we discuss …

Abstract Statement Validity Assessment (SVA) is used to assess the veracity of child
witnesses' testimony in trials for sexual offences. The author reviewed the available SVA …

Why do people lie? Do gender and personality differences affect how people lie? How can
lies be detected? Detecting Lies and Deceit provides the most comprehensive review of …

In two experiments, we tested the hypotheses that (a) the difference between liars and truth
tellers will be greater when interviewees report their stories in reverse order than in …

Research on deception detection in legal contexts has neglected the question of how the
use of evidence can affect deception detection accuracy. In this study, police trainees (N …

Background We examined the hypothesis that liars will report their activities strategically and
will, if possible, avoid mentioning details that can be verified by the investigator. Method A …

In this article, a model of the cognitive processes involved in generating deceptive answers
to questions is proposed. Partly based on recent accounts of discourse processing, it posits …

This chapter discusses three verbal veracity assessment tools: Statement Validity
Assessment (SVA), Reality Monitoring (RM) and Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN). SVA is …

In this paper we examined beliefs about deception held by legal professionals. Three
groups of presumed expert lie-catchers were investigated: police officers (n= 104) …

Deception detection research has largely neglected an important aspect of many
investigations, namely that there often exists evidence against a suspect. This study …