Moderators of nonverbal indicators of deception: A meta-analytic synthesis

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-34

  Sporer, Siegfried L ^a   Schwandt, Barbara ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deception; Lay assumptions; Legal contexts; Meta analysis; Moderator variables; Nonverbal cues to deception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847208904     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8971.13.1.1     Document Type: Review

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