Exploiting liars' verbal strategies by examining the verifiability of details

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-239

  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; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEPTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84902441026     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: 20448333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2012.02069.x     Document Type: Article

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