Reaction time measures in deception research: Comparing the effects of irrelevant and relevant stimulus-response compatibility

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Suchotzki, Kristina ^a   Verschuere, Bruno ^a,b,c   Crombez, Geert ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Criminal intent; Deception; Differentiation of Deception; Reaction times; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

2300 HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; 2340 COGNITIVE PROCESSES; 4200 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY & LEGAL ISSUES; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; CRIMINAL INTENT; DECEPTION; DIFFERENTIATION OF DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REACTION TIMES; STIMULUS-RESPONSE COMPATIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

2300 HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; 2340 COGNITIVE PROCESSES; 4200 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY & LEGAL ISSUES; CRIMINAL INTENT; DECEPTION; DIFFERENTIATION OF DECEPTION; REACTION TIMES; STIMULUS-RESPONSE COMPATIBILITY;

CRIME; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882784416     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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