Psychology

Research from University of Gothenburg in psychology provides new insights

Published in Mental Health Business Week, August 18th, 2007

According to a study from Gothenburg, Sweden, "This study examined adults' ability to distinguish between truthful and deceptive pairs of children. Adult observers (N = 88) judged the veracity of one of 22 truthful or deceptive pairs of children (12-13 years)."

"The children were interviewed separately about their real or imagined encounters with an unknown man. Analyses showed that the overall accuracy was 62.5%; significantly better than chance level of 50%. Deception detection accuracy was higher when watching both pair members than when watching one child. The analysis of self-reported cues to deception given by observers showed that the consistency between the...

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Source: Mental Health Business Week (2007-08-18)

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