Deception and Lie Detection in the Courtroom: The Effect of Defendants Wearing Medical Face Masks.
COVID-19
Deception
Jury decision making
Lie detection
Nonverbal behaviour
Signal Detection Theory
Journal
Journal of applied research in memory and cognition
ISSN: 2211-3681
Titre abrégé: J Appl Res Mem Cogn
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101576946
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Historique:
received:
14
05
2021
revised:
16
06
2021
accepted:
16
06
2021
entrez:
13
2
2023
pubmed:
1
9
2021
medline:
1
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
During the COVID-19 pandemic, defendants and witnesses (as well as the prosecution and defense counsel) may wear medical face masks to prevent the spread of the virus. Alternatively, courtrooms proceedings may take place virtually. In this article, we discuss how these deviations from normal procedures may affect jurors' lie detection ability and decision-making. Although research addressing this specific question does not exist, we are able to formulate an informed view based on the extensive deception literature. Since nonverbal signs of deception in the face and body are virtually absent, we conclude that medical face mask-wearing or virtual courtroom proceedings will not hamper jurors' lie detection abilities. If jurors can hear the speech well, they may become better at detecting deception if they pay more attention to speech content, which may occur as a result of mask-wearing in the courtroom.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36778029
doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2021.06.002
pii: S2211-3681(21)00037-1
pmc: PMC9902031
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
392-399Informations de copyright
© 2021 Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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