Face and voice as social stimuli enhance differential physiological responding in a concealed information test

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Ambach, Wolfgang ^a   Assmann, Birthe ^b   Krieg, Bennet ^a   Vaitl, Dieter ^a,c  

^a Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concealed informationtest; Deception; Mock crime; Social stimuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870899777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00510     Document Type: Article

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