Seeing the Bigger Picture: Susceptibility to, and Detection of, Deception

Warren-West, Laurence S.; Jackson, Robin C.

Abstract

An extended time window was used to examine susceptibility to, and detection of, deception in rugby union. High- and low-skilled rugby players judged the final running direction of an opponent “cutting” left or right, with or without a deceptive sidestep. Each trial was occluded at one of eight time points relative to the footfall after the initial (genuine or fake) reorientation. Based on response accuracy, the results were separated into deception susceptibility and deception detection windows. Signal-detection analysis was used to calculate the discriminability of genuine and deceptive actions (d') and the response bias (c). High-skilled players were less susceptible to deception and better able to detect when they had been deceived, accompanied by a reduced bias toward perceiving all actions as genuine. By establishing the time window in which players become deceived, it will now be possible to identify the kinematic sources that drive deception.

Citation

Warren-West, L. S., & Jackson, R. C. (2020). Seeing the Bigger Picture: Susceptibility to, and Detection of, Deception. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 42(6), 463-471. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-0040

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 19, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Nov 4, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Deposit Date: Nov 26, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 26, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
• Print ISSN: 0895-2779
• Electronic ISSN: 1543-2904
• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 463-471
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-0040
• Keywords: Applied Psychology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5048359
• Publisher URL: https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jsep/42/6/article-p463.xml
• Additional Information: Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from ; Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2020, 42 (6): 463–471 , https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-0040. © Human Kinetics, Inc.