Decades of research has shown that people are poor at detecting lies. Two explanations for
this finding have been proposed. First, it has been suggested that lie detection is inaccurate …

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 …

The newly revised edition of this groundbreaking textbook provides a comprehensive
overview of the theory, research, and applications of nonverbal communication. Authored by …

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 …

This article reports two worldwide studies of stereotypes about liars. These studies are
carried out in 75 different countries and 43 different languages. In Study 1, participants …

We conducted 2 studies to investigate how cultural stereotypes that depict Blacks as
criminals affect the way Blacks experience encounters with police officers, expecting that …

A meta-analysis was conducted to determine if there were individual differences in the ability
to detect deception. On the basis of 108 studies covering 16,537 subjects, the results …

In this paper, we provide our view of the current understanding of high‐stakes lies often
occurring in forensic contexts. We underscore the importance of avoiding widespread pitfalls …

The present study investigated the beliefs of students and police officers about cues to
deception. A total of 95 police officers and 104 undergraduate students filled out a …

In the first part of this article, I briefly review research findings that show that professional lie
catchers, such as police officers, are generally rather poor at distinguishing between truths …