Cold-blooded lie catchers? An investigation of psychopathy, emotional processing, and deception detection

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-191

  Peace, Kristine A ^a   Sinclair, Sarah M ^b  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER BIAS; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SIGNAL DETECTION; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 84856194764     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: 20448333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532510X524789     Document Type: Review

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