Abstract: Both lay persons and professionals have been repeatedly shown to be barely above chance in detecting deception. One reason for this may be the use of common sense assumptions about indicators of deception which do not correspond to objective ...
DePaulo et al.’s (2003) meta-analysis of verbal and nonverbal cues to deception showed that cues to deception are faint and unreliable. If liars do not spontaneously display diagnostic cues to deceit, a logical step is to make sure that investigators ...
The contribution of personality dimensions (the Big Five) to self-assessed communication abilities to tell and detect lies, tell truths, and believe others was examined. One hundred seventy-four undergraduate students completed the Big Five personality ...
Abstract. Whenever individuals reveal personally relevant information to a stranger, they have to remember their self-disclosure for future interactions. Relying on instance-based theories of automaticity, we hypothesized that knowledge ...
Abstract. Clinical psychologists have frequently reported that similarity in movements can be greatly beneficial. It increases rapport and favors a better understanding of clients’ emotions. Social psychologists have shown that mimicking instills greater ...