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Pitfalls and Opportunities in Nonverbal and Verbal Lie Detection
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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 whether people can detect lies when observing someone’s nonverbal behavior or analyzing someone’s speech. An article about detecting lies by observing nonverbal and verbal cues is over-due. Scientific journals regularly publish overviews of research articles regarding nonverbal and verbal cues to deception, but they offer no explicit guidance about what lie detectors should do and should avoid doing to catch liars. We will present such guidance in the present article. The article consists of two parts. The first section focuses on pitfalls to avoid and outlines the major factors that lead to failures in catching liars. Sixteen reasons are clustered into three categories: (a) a lack of motivation to detect lies (because
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- Vrij, A., Granhag, P. A., & Porter, S.
- Venue
- Psychological Science in the Public Interest
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-12
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 89-121
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- 1529-1006 (ISSN-L)
- 2160-0031
- OpenAlex
- W2039708603
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- 522
- References
- 289
- FWCI
- 37.45
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- Language
- en
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- bronze
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