Imposing cognitive load to elicit cues to deceit: inducing the reverse order technique naturally

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 579-594

  Vrij, Aldert ^a   Leal, Sharon ^a   Mann, Samantha ^a   Fisher, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

believability; credibility; deception; deception detection; interviewer style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863567679     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.515987     Document Type: Article

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