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SUMMARY:Outsmarting the liars: Towards a cognitive lie detection approach 
 - Aldert Vrij\, University of Portsmouth
DTSTART:20120504T120000Z
DTEND:20120504T130000Z
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CONTACT:Megan Sim
DESCRIPTION:Five decades of lie-detection research have shown that people
 ’s ability to detect deception by observing behavior and listening to sp
 eech is limited. The problem is that cues to deception are typically faint
  and unreliable. The aim for interviewers therefore is to ask questions th
 at actively elicit and amplify verbal and nonverbal cues to deceit. We pre
 sent an innovative cognitive load lie detection perspective and will demon
 strate that it is possible to ask questions that raise _cognitive load_ mo
 re in liars than in truth tellers. This cognitive lie-detection perspectiv
 e consists of two approaches. The imposing-cognitive-load approach aims to
  make the interview setting more difficult for interviewees. We argue that
  this affects liars more than truth tellers\, resulting in more and more-b
 latant cues to deceit. The strategic-questioning approach examines differe
 nt ways of questioning that elicit the most differential responses between
  truth tellers and liars.
LOCATION:PPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane)
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