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  • Forensic Linguistics
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Assessing the veracity of individuals' stated intentions is crucial in various contexts, including legal and security settings.
  • Previous research on deception detection has yielded mixed results regarding the reliability of verbal cues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether discernible verbal differences exist when individuals articulate true versus false intentions.
  • To determine if linguistic features like plausibility and detailedness can reliably differentiate between truthful and deceptive statements of intent.

Main Methods:

  • Participants were assigned roles as liars (planning a criminal act) or truth-tellers (planning a non-criminal act).
  • An experimental setup involved interviews using both anticipated and unanticipated questions about participants' planned actions.
  • Verbal responses were analyzed using both human and automated coding for plausibility and detailedness.

Main Results:

  • Contrary to hypotheses, no significant differences in plausibility or detailedness were found between liars and truth-tellers.
  • Unanticipated questions elicited significantly lengthier responses compared to anticipated questions.
  • Automated and human coding failed to identify reliable verbal markers of deception in stated intentions.

Conclusions:

  • Plausibility and detailedness appear to be unreliable indicators for detecting deception concerning future intentions.
  • The findings align with existing literature suggesting limitations in using verbal cues for deception detection.
  • Further research is needed to identify more robust methods for assessing the veracity of stated intentions.