Dr Haneen Deeb
Biography
I hold BA (2005) and MA (2012) degrees in Psychology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. In 2014, I joined the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme in Legal Psychology. I was supervised by Professors Aldert Vrij and Lorraine Hope and Dr. Samantha Mann at the University of Portsmouth and by Professors Pär Anders Granhag and Leif Strömwall at the University of Gothenburg. I completed my PhD in September 2017 and continued working in Prof. Vrij's research lab. I have been working since then on different projects funded by the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) and by the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG).
Research interests
My doctoral thesis project examined various interview techniques that enhance lie detection in forensic contexts. I was specifically interested in interview techniques that elicit differences in statement consistency between lie tellers and truth tellers. I continue to examine novel interview techniques and how they affect the elicitation of verbal cues. I am specifically interested in the effects of sketch-based interviews and of opinion-based interviews on different types of details (e.g., PLATO details, complications).
Research outputs
2025
The segmented interview: partitioning the initial free recall topics into segments to enhance information gathering and lie detection
Deeb, H., Vrij, A., Severino, M., Leal, S.
1 Sep 2025, In: Behavioral Sciences. 15, 9, 20p., 1163
Research output: Article
The effect of the interviewer’s cognitive load on the quality of the forensic interview
Giorgianni, D., Vrij, A., Leal, S., Deeb, H.
1 Jul 2025, In: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. 17, 2, p. 101-110
Research output: Article
“Tell me about your trip”: Introducing the Enhanced Ghostwriter Lie Detection Tool
Burkhardt, J., Vrij, A., Leal, S., Deeb, H., Vernham, Z.
1 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 14, 1, p. 74–84
Research output: Article
Omission lies: the effect of omitting little or much information on verbal veracity cues
Vrij, A., Leal, S., Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P.
1 Jan 2025, In: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. 17, 1, p. 25-37
Research output: Article
2024
In my opinion you are wrong! Adding a Model Statement to the Devil’s Advocate Approach to detect true and false opinions
Leal, S., Vrij, A., Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P.
2 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Research output: Article
Honesty repeats itself: comparing manual and automated coding on the veracity cues total details and redundancy
Deeb, H., Vrij, A., Palena, N., Hypšová, P., Dib, G., Leal, S., Mann, S.
21 Oct 2024, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 45, 5, p. 934-962, 29p.
Research output: Article
Veracity judgments based on complications: a training experiment
Deeb, H., Vrij, A., Burkhardt, J., Leal, S., Mann, S.
19 Sep 2024, In: Behavioral Sciences. 14, 9, 15p., 839
Research output: Article
All mouth and trousers? Use of the Devil’s Advocate questioning protocol to determine authenticity of opinions about protester actions
Mann, S., Vrij, A., Deeb, H., Leal, S.
1 Sep 2024, In: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 31, 5, p. 909-931
Research output: Article
Verbal cues in omission lies: The effect of informing sources about the essential part of the event
Leal, S., Vrij, A., Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P.
1 Aug 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4232
Research output: Article
Use of the model statement in determining the veracity of opinions
Mann, S., Vrij, A., Deeb, H.
12 Jul 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4227
Research output: Article