I Told You So! Verbal cue beliefs are associated with truth detection, but not lie detection.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to 1) replicate and extend previous findings on the relationship between accurate beliefs about the diagnosticity of verbal deception cues and actual truth/lie discrimination as reported in Bogaard and Meijer (2017), and 2) examine the role of presentation modality. Participants (N = 246) listed their beliefs about deception cues and then judged the credibility of truthful and deceptive autobiographical statements presented in one of three modalities: audio-only, transcript, or audio-visual. As in the original study, participants provided continuous credibility ratings. In addition, we asked participants to make binary truth/lie judgments, allowing us to assess discrimination accuracy. We replicated the original finding, namely a small but significant positive correlation

SUBMITTER: Bogaard G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829793 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature