Outsmarting the liars: Toward a cognitive lie detection approach

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-32

  Vrij, Aldert ^a   Granhag, Pär Anders ^b   Mann, Samantha ^a   Leal, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

imposing cognitive load; interviewing to detect deception; strategic questioning approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952098459     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410391245     Document Type: Article

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