Does the truth come out in the writing? Scan as a lie detection tool

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-76

  Nahari, Galit ^a   Vrij, Aldert ^b   Fisher, Ronald P ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WRITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865584858     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093965     Document Type: Article

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