Jo Are You Lying to Me? Temporal Cues for Deception

doi:10.1177/0261927X10385976

Jo Are You Lying to Me? Temporal Cues for Deception

Marilyn G. Boltz
1. Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA, mboltz{at}haverford.edu

Rebecca L. Dyer
1. Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Anna R. Miller
1. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Abstract

This research investigated whether variations in speech rate and response latency provide cues for deception. Participants listened to a conversation between a male/ female couple containing responses to questions that not only varied in timing characteristics but also potential type of lie. Results revealed gender differences in the type of lie told that depended on speech timing characteristics.