The time of the crime: Cognitively induced tonic arousal suppression when lying in a free recall context

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Leal, Sharon ^a   Vrij, Aldert ^a   Fisher, Ronald P ^b   van Hooff, Hannie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Deception; Tonic arousal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CONTROL; CRIME; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CRIME; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIE DETECTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; THINKING;

EID: 49449118362     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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