Lie detection techniques are frequently used, but most of them have been criticized for the
lack of empirical support for their predictive validity and presumed underlying mechanisms …

Lying typically requires greater mental effort than telling the truth. Imposing cognitive load
may improve lie detection by limiting the cognitive resources needed to lie effectively …

While lying has been a topic in the philosophy of language, there has been a lack of
genuine linguistic analysis of lying. Exploring lying at the semantics-pragmatics interface …

We present the first study to map deception across the entire lifespan. Specifically, we
investigated age-related difference in lying proficiency and lying frequency. A large …

Major depression is a high-prevalence mental disease with major socio-economic impact,
for both the direct and the indirect costs. Major depression symptoms can be faked or …

Deliberate attempts to portray oneself in an unrealistic manner are commonly encountered
in the administration of personality questionnaires. The main aim of the present study was to …

The underlying theme of this book is untruthfulness, which is understood as the expression
of what one believes to be false and conceptualised in view of a neo-Gricean framework …

A cornerstone of the task switching literature is the finding that task performance is typically
slower and more error-prone when the task switches than when it repeats. So far, deception …

Promising recent research suggests that more cognitively demanding interviews improve
deception detection accuracy. Would these cognitively demanding techniques work in the …

The use of faked identities is a current issue for both physical and online security. In this
paper, we test the differences between subjects who report their true identity and the ones …