Why do lie-catchers fail? A lens model meta-analysis of human lie judgments

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 643-659

  Hartwig, Maria ^a   Bond, Charles F ^b  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brunswik's lens model; Deception judgments; Subjective cues to deception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; META ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CUES; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LIE DETECTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960023027     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023589     Document Type: Article

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