Lying eyes: Why Liars seek deliberate eye contact

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 452-461

  Mann, Samantha ^a   Ewens, Sarah ^a   Shaw, Dominic ^a   Vrij, Aldert ^a   Leal, Sharon ^a   Hillman, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deception; Deliberate eye contact; Gaze; Lie detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883310109     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2013.791218     Document Type: Article

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