Cry me a river: Identifying the behavioral consequences of extremely high-stakes interpersonal deception

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 469-477

  Ten Brinke, Leanne ^a   Porter, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

body language; deceptive behavior; emotional facial expression; verbal linguistic cues

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CRYING; DECEPTION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SPEECH;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CRYING; CUES; DECEPTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SPEECH; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84876142481     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093929     Document Type: Article

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