Journal article

Authors list: Sporer, Siegfried L.; Masip, Jaume

Publication year: 2023

Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Volume number: 14

ISSN: 1664-1078

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1219995

Publisher: Frontiers Media

Abstract: 
Long before experimental psychology, religious writers, orators, and playwrights described examples of lie detection based on the verbal content of statements. Legal scholars collected evidence from individual cases and systematized them as "rules of evidence". Some of these resemble content cues used in contemporary research, while others point to working hypotheses worth exploring. To examine their potential validity, we re-analyzed data from a quasi-experimental study of 95 perjury cases. The outcomes support the fruitfulness of this approach. Travelling back in time searching for testable ideas about content cues to truth and deception may be worthwhile.

Harvard Citation style: Sporer, S. and Masip, J. (2023) Millennia of legal content criteria of lies and truths: wisdom or common-sense folly?, Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1219995. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1219995

APA Citation style: Sporer, S., & Masip, J. (2023). Millennia of legal content criteria of lies and truths: wisdom or common-sense folly?. Frontiers in Psychology. 14, Article 1219995. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1219995