Unicorns or tiger woods: Are lie detection experts myths or rarities? A response to on lie detection "wizards" by Bond and Uysal

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-123

  O'Sullivan, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Deception; Expertise; Lie detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; EMPIRICISM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DECEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 33847320251     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9058-4     Document Type: Article

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