Aldert Vrij 
Detecting Lies and Deceit [PDF ebook] 
Pitfalls and Opportunities

About the Author vii
Series Preface ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Lying: A Selfish Act and a Social Lubricant 11
3 Nonverbal Behaviour and Deception 37
4 Individual Verbal Cues to Deception 101
5 Beliefs About Nonverbal and Verbal Cues to Deception 115
6 Lie Detection Without Using Specialised Tools 141
7 The Behaviour Analysis Interview 189
8 Statement Validity Assessment 201
9 Reality Monitoring 261
10 Scientific Content Analysis 281
11 Physiological Lie Detection: The Concern Approach 293
12 Physiological Lie Detection: The Orienting Reflex Approach 343
13 Physiological Lie Detection: functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (f MRI) 365
14 Pitfalls: Why People Fail To Catch Liars 373
15 Opportunities: How People Can Improve Their Lie Detection Skills 389
Epilogue 419
References 421
Index 483

Aldert Vrij is a Professor of Applied Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth (UK). He has published more than 300 articles and book chapters to date, mainly on the subjects of nonverbal and verbal cues to deception and lie detection. he also advises the police about conducting interviews with suspects, acts as an Expert Witness in court, and gives invited talks and workshops on lie detection to practitioners and scholars across the world. he is at present Editor of Legal and Criminological Psychology, a forensic journal published by the British Psychological Society.