Outsmarting the liars: The benefit of asking unanticipated questions

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-166

  Vrij, Aldert ^a   Leal, Sharon ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^b   Mann, Samantha ^a   Fisher, Ronald P ^c   Hillman, Jackie ^a   Sperry, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Deception; Unanticipated questions

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIE DETECTION; MALE;

EID: 62349139494     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9143-y     Document Type: Article

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