Deception and self-awareness

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 t...

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Main Authors: Lawson, Glyn, Stedmon, Alex, Zhang, Chloe, Eubanks, Dawn, Frumkin, Lara
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2285/
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author Lawson, Glyn
Stedmon, Alex
Zhang, Chloe
Eubanks, Dawn
Frumkin, Lara
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description 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.
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spelling nottingham-22852024-08-15T15:33:20Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2285/ Deception and self-awareness Lawson, Glyn Stedmon, Alex Zhang, Chloe Eubanks, Dawn Frumkin, Lara 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. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Lawson, Glyn, Stedmon, Alex, Zhang, Chloe, Eubanks, Dawn and Frumkin, Lara (2011) Deception and self-awareness. In: HCII 2011, 9-14 July 2014, Orlando, Florida. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-21741-8_44
spellingShingle Lawson, Glyn
Stedmon, Alex
Zhang, Chloe
Eubanks, Dawn
Frumkin, Lara
Deception and self-awareness
title Deception and self-awareness
title_full Deception and self-awareness
title_fullStr Deception and self-awareness
title_full_unstemmed Deception and self-awareness
title_short Deception and self-awareness
title_sort deception and self-awareness
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2285/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2285/