People use language to influence others' beliefs and actions. Yet models of communication
have diverged along these lines, formalizing the speaker's objective in terms of either the …

The concept of ecological validity is explicated and applied to deception detection research.
The ecology of the deception lab typically involves researchers randomly assigning and …

The general theory of deception (GTD) aims to unify and complete the various sparse
theoretical units that have been proposed in the deception literature to date, in a …

Trust is implicit in many online text conversations—striking up new friendships, or asking for
tech support. But trust can be betrayed through deception. We study the language and …

This study investigates the presence of dynamical patterns of interpersonal coordination in
extended deceptive conversations across multimodal channels of behavior. Using a novel" …

The study used Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count and Coh-Metrix software to examine
linguistic differences with deception in an ultimatum game. In the game, the Allocator was …

In an ultimatum game, participants were randomly assigned to the role of allocator or
recipient and to interact face-to-face (FtF) or over computer text chat (computer-mediated …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the voluntary disclosure of risk-related
issues, with a focus on credit risk, in graphical reporting for listed banks in the major …

Using the software program LIWC (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count), this study used
political statements classified as truths and lies by website Politifact. com and examined …

The temptation to deceive others compares to a moral dilemma: it involves a conflict
between the temptation to obtain some benefit and the desire to conform to personal and …