Verbal and nonverbal behaviour as a basis for credibility attribution: The impact of task involvement and cognitive capacity

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 477-488

  Reinhard, Marc Andre ^a   Sporer, Siegfried L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Credibility attribution; Detection of deception; Dual process theories; Lay judgment; Lie detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549106624     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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