Deception and self-awareness

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Lawson, Glyn, Stedmon, Alex, Zhang, Chloe, Eubanks, Dawn L. and Frumkin, L. 2011. Deception and self-awareness. in: Harris, Don (ed.) Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics Heidelberg Springer.
AuthorsLawson, Glyn, Stedmon, Alex, Zhang, Chloe, Eubanks, Dawn L. and Frumkin, L.
EditorsHarris, Don
Abstract

This paper presents a study conducted for the Shades of Grey EPSRC research project (EP/H02302X/1), which aims to develop a suite of interventions for identifying terrorist activities. The study investigated the body movements demonstrated by participants while waiting to be interviewed, in one of two conditions: preparing to lie or preparing to tell the truth. The effect of self-awareness was also investigated, with half of the participants sitting in front of a full length mirror during the waiting period. The other half faced a blank wall. A significant interaction was found for the duration of hand/arm movements between the deception and self-awareness conditions (F=4.335, df=1;76, p<0.05). Without a mirror, participants expecting to lie spent less time moving their hands than those expecting to tell the truth; the opposite was seen in the presence of a mirror. This finding indicates a new research area worth further investigation.

Keywordsterrorism; deception; self-awareness
Book titleEngineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics
Year2011
PublisherSpringer
Publication dates
Print09 Jul 2011
Publication process dates
Deposited04 Nov 2011
Place of publicationHeidelberg
Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Event9th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011
ISBN978-3-642-21741-8
978-3-642-21740-1
ISSN1611-3349
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21741-8_44
Web address (URL)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21741-8_44
Journal citation6871, pp. 414-423
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