Psychology
Detecting deception
Including research on: Verbal and nonverbal detection of deception (Aldert Vrij; Lucy Akehurst; Sam Mann; Sharon Leal; Jackie Hillman, Shyma Jundi, Dom Shaw, Zarah Vernham , Sarah Ewens); Polygraph (Sharon Leal); Criteria Based Content Analysis (Lucy Akehurst); Using dogs to detect deceit (Caitlin Homan); Malingering in medico-legal contexts (Lucy Akehurst, Simon Easton).
Research example
Aldert Vrij, Samantha Mann and Sharon Leal are all involved in various detection of deception projects which investigate the effects of increasing cognitive load in an interviewee. They anticipate that putting extra demands on an interviewee will make lying more difficult leading to nonverbal and verbal cue leakage, thus facilitating deception detection. One line of research in this area is to investigate how best to use a second interviewer. They are also investigating together with PhD students the effects of interviewing more than one interviewee at a time, and how an interpreter affects deceptive behaviour in an interview.
Recent publications
Akehurst, L., Manton, S. & Quandte, S. (2011). Careful calculation or leap of faith?: A field study of the translation of CBCA ratings to final credibility judgements. Applied Cognitive Psychology. , 25, 236-243.
Easton, S. and Akehurst, L. (2011). Tools for the detection of lying and malingering in the medico-legal interview setting. Medico-Legal Journal, 79 (3), 103 - 108.
Leal, S., Vrij, A., Mann, S., & Fisher, R. (2010) Detecting true and false opinions: The Devil's Advocate approach as a lie detection aid, Acta Psychologica, 134, 323-329.
Mann, S., Vrij, A., Leal, S., Granhag, P. A., Warmelink, L., & Forrester, D. Windows to the soul? (2012) Deliberate eye contact as a cue to deceit. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 36, 205-215.
Vrij, A., Leal, S., Granhag, P. A., Mann, S., Fisher, R. P., Hillman, J., & Sperry, K. (2009). Outsmarting the liars: The benefit of asking unanticipated questions. Law and Human Behavior, 33, 159-166.
Vrij, A., Granhag, P. A., & Porter, S. B. (2010). Pitfalls and opportunities in nonverbal and verbal lie detection. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 11, 89-121.