Biography

I was awarded my PhD in 1991 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and came to the UK in 1994, when I joined the Psychology Department as a Senior Lecturer. In 1996 I was promoted to Reader and in 2000 to my current position: Professor of Applied Social Psychology.

Research interests

My main research interest is deception, resulting in almost 600 publications and more than 25,000 citations. I received grants from British Research Councils, Trusts and Foundations, Insurers, Federal Bureau of Investigation and American, British, Dutch, and Singapore Governments, totalling > $11,000,000.

I work closely with practitioners (police, security services and insurers) in terms of conducting research and disseminating its findings. My book Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities (published by Wiley) is a comprehensive overview of research into (non)verbal and physiological deception and lie detection.

In 2016 I received the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iiiRG) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of my significant contribution to investigative interviewing. 

Research outputs

2024

Veracity judgments based on complications: a training experiment

Burkhardt, J., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

19 Sep 2024, In: Behavioral Sciences. 14, 9, 15p., 839

Introducing the high-context communication style interview protocol to detect deception in pairs

Ashkenazi, T., Fisher, R., Leal, S., Palena, N., Vernham, Z., Vrij, A.

1 Sep 2024, In: Acta Psychologica. 249, 20p., 104440

Verbal cues in omission lies: The effect of informing sources about the essential part of the event

Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

1 Aug 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4232

Honesty repeats itself: comparing manual and automated coding on the veracity cues total details and redundancy

Deeb, H., Dib, G., Hypšová, P., Leal, S., Mann, S., Palena, N., Vrij, A.

25 Jul 2024, In: Applied Psycholinguistics

Use of the model statement in determining the veracity of opinions

Deeb, H., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

12 Jul 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4227

Successful use of the forced choice test for detecting concealment of semantic memory in criminal and intelligence investigations

Ashkenazi, T., Goldzweig, G., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

7 Jun 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology . 15, 9p., 1399985

“Tell me about your trip”: Introducing the Enhanced Ghostwriter Lie Detection Tool

Burkhardt, J., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Vernham, Z., Vrij, A.

3 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

The principle of reciprocity in Scharff interviews

Caso, L., Granhag, P., Monticciolo, R., Orthey, R., Palena, N., Vrij, A.

1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 21, 2, 9p., e1629

To nod or not to nod: how does interviewer nonverbal behavior affect rapport perceptions and recall in truth tellers and lie tellers?

Dabrowna, O., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

31 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Exposing suspects to their sketches in repeated interviews to elicit information and veracity cues

Deeb, H., Giorgianni, D., Hypšová, P., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

1 Jan 2024, In: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. 16, 1, p. 1-15

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