Application of the Implicit Association Test to a Study on Deception

Psychologists have long been interested in whether people behave in different ways when they are telling a lie and when they are telling the truth. Psychological research on cues associated with deception has been conducted over several decades. However, research on cues to deception has increased i...

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Published in:The American journal of psychology 2010-07, Vol.123 (2), p.15
Main Authors: Frost, Peter, Adie, Michael, Denomme, Roland, Lahaie, Annabel, Sibley, Angela, Smith, Emily
Format: Article
Language:English
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False information
Psychologists
Psychology
Studies
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Summary:Psychologists have long been interested in whether people behave in different ways when they are telling a lie and when they are telling the truth. Psychological research on cues associated with deception has been conducted over several decades. However, research on cues to deception has increased in recent years, given intense interest in issues of national security and terrorism (see DePaulo et al., 2003, for a review of the literature on cues to deception). In this article we define deception as the act of deliberately providing false information. Although some researchers draw a distinction between deception and lies (e.g., Bok, 1978), we use these words interchangeably. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0002-9556
1939-8298