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Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior
In this article, we attempt to unravel the misconception about deception and nervous behavior. First we will cite research demonstrating that observers believe lie tellers display more nervous behaviors than truth tellers; that observers pay attention to nervous behaviors when they attempt to detect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314921/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32625154 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01377 |
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description | In this article, we attempt to unravel the misconception about deception and nervous behavior. First we will cite research demonstrating that observers believe lie tellers display more nervous behaviors than truth tellers; that observers pay attention to nervous behaviors when they attempt to detect deception; and that lie tellers actually feel more nervous than truth tellers. This is all in alignment with a lie detection approach based on spotting nervous behaviors. We then will argue that the next, vital, step is missing: Research has found that lie tellers generally do not display more than truth tellers the nervous behaviors laypersons and professionals appear to focus on. If observers pay attention to nervous behaviors but lie tellers do not come across as being nervous, lie detection performance is expected to be poor. Research has supported this claim. We finally discuss ideas for research into lie detection based on non-verbal behaviors. |
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spelling | pubmed-73149212020-07-02 Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior Vrij, Aldert Fisher, Ronald P. Front Psychol Psychology In this article, we attempt to unravel the misconception about deception and nervous behavior. First we will cite research demonstrating that observers believe lie tellers display more nervous behaviors than truth tellers; that observers pay attention to nervous behaviors when they attempt to detect deception; and that lie tellers actually feel more nervous than truth tellers. This is all in alignment with a lie detection approach based on spotting nervous behaviors. We then will argue that the next, vital, step is missing: Research has found that lie tellers generally do not display more than truth tellers the nervous behaviors laypersons and professionals appear to focus on. If observers pay attention to nervous behaviors but lie tellers do not come across as being nervous, lie detection performance is expected to be poor. Research has supported this claim. We finally discuss ideas for research into lie detection based on non-verbal behaviors. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7314921/ /pubmed/32625154 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01377 Text en Copyright © 2020 Vrij and Fisher. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Vrij, Aldert Fisher, Ronald P. Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior |
title | Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior |
title_full | Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior |
title_fullStr | Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior |
title_short | Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous Behavior |
title_sort | unraveling the misconception about deception and nervous behavior |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314921/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32625154 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01377 |
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