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Patterns of deception in word use are well-known, but interrogative settings, particularly court testimony, impose additional constraints that appear to alter these patterns. We suggest altered patterns applicable in interrogative settings, and validate them using testimony to a Canadian commission. Predictive accuracy rates above 80% are achieved. Difficulties remain, however, because other work suggests that emotional intensity also impacts the patterns associated with deception, so these results may not extend to criminal trials.
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Skillicorn, D.B., Little, A. (2010). Patterns of Word Use for Deception in Testimony. In: Yang, C., Chau, M., Wang, JH., Chen, H. (eds) Security Informatics. Annals of Information Systems, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1325-8_2
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