Deception and self-awareness

Lawson, Glyn; Stedmon, Alex; Zhang, Chloe; Eubanks, Dawn; Frumkin, Lara

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.

Citation

Lawson, G., Stedmon, A., Zhang, C., Eubanks, D., & Frumkin, L. Deception and self-awareness. Presented at HCII 2011

• Conference Name: HCII 2011
• End Date: Jul 14, 2014
• Deposit Date: Feb 14, 2014
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1010846
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-21741-8_44
• Additional Information: Published in: Harris, D. (ed.), Engineering psychology and cognitive ergonomics: 9th international conference, EPCE 2011, held as part of HCI International 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, July 9-14, 2011: proceedings. Heidelberg: Springer, 2011, Lecture notes in computer science, 6781. ISBN: 9783642217401. pp. 414-423.; ; ; The final publication is available at link.springer.com