Professor of Applied Social Psychology, University of Portsmouth
Aldert Vrij is Professor of Applied Social Psychology, University of Portsmouth (UK). His main research interest is deception, resulting in almost 500 publications. He received grants from British Research Councils, Trusts and Foundations, Insurers, Federal Bureau of Investigation, High value detainee Interrogation Group, and American, British, Dutch, and Singapore Governments, totalling > £4,300,000. He works closely with practitioners (police, security services and insurers) in terms of conducting research and disseminating it’s findings. His 2008 book Detecting lies and deceit: Pitfalls and opportunities is a comprehensive overview of research into (non)verbal and physiological deception and lie detection. He is the contact person of the European consortium of Psychological Research on Deception Detection (EPRODD) www.eprodd.eu
Vrij, A., Hope, L., & Fisher, R. P. (2014). Eliciting reliable information in investigative interviews. Policy Insights from Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1, 129-136. DOI: 10.1177/2372732214548592.
Vrij, A., Fisher, R., Blank, H. (2015). A cognitive approach to lie detection: A meta-analysis. Legal and Criminological Psychology. DOI:10.1111/lcrp.12088.
Vrij, A., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vernham, Z., & Brankaert, F. (2015). Translating theory into practice: Evaluating a cognitive lie detection training workshop. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 4, 110-120. doi:10.1016/j.jarmac.2015.02.002
Purpose Lie‐tellers tend to tell embedded lies within interviews. In the context of intelligence‐gathering interviews, human sources may disclose information about multiple events, some...Read More »
In information gathering interviews, follow‐up questions are asked to clarify and extend initial witness accounts. Across two experiments, we examined the efficacy of open‐ended...Read More »
In none of the deception studies that used drawings to date, was the effect of sketching on both speech content and drawing content examined,...Read More »
Behaviour detection officers’ task is to spot potential criminals in public spaces, but scientific research concerning what to look for is scarce. In two...Read More »
We tested the utility of applying the Verifiability Approach (VA) to witness statements after a period of delay. The delay factor is important to...Read More »
Since its introduction into the field of deception detection, the verbal channel has become a rapidly growing area of research. The basic assumption is...Read More »
Research has shown that a model statement elicits more information during an interview and that truth tellers and liars report a similar amount of...Read More »
The verifiability approach (VA) is a lie‐detection tool that examines reported checkable details. Across two studies, we attempt to exploit liar’s preferred strategy of...Read More »
We examined whether the verbal cue, proportion of complications, was a more diagnostic cue to deceit than the amount of information provided (e.g., total...Read More »
Model Statements are designed to modify an interviewee’s expectation of the amount of details required during an interview. This study examined tailored Model Statements,...Read More »
Leal, Vrij, Deeb, and Jupe (2018) found—with British participants—that a model statement elicited (a) more information and (b) a cue to deceit: After exposure...Read More »
In this article, I present my view on the significant developments and theoretical/empirical tipping points in nonverbal and verbal deception and lie detection from...Read More »
Background ‘Interviewing to detect deception’ research is sparse across different Ethnic Groups. In the present experiment, we interviewed truth tellers and liars from British,...Read More »
Reliable information is critical for investigations in forensic and security settings; however, obtaining reliable information for complex events can be challenging. In this study,...Read More »
Purpose The current experiment examined the use of a model statement for aiding lie detection and gathering additional information during interviews in which pairs...Read More »
Eliciting Information and Cues to Deceit by CREST Researchers Aldert Vrij, Lorraine Hope, Feni Kontogianni, Becky Milne, Zarah Vernham, and Samantha Mann. This poster...Read More »
Aldert Vrij and Ronald Fisher describe some of the techniques used in investigative interviews and discuss whether they are ready for use in the...Read More »
Aldert Vrij and Matthew Francis write about how an interview technique – asking unexpected questions – can help catch out liars. One of the...Read More »
This CREST Guide is an overview of an interviewing tactic – the model statement technique – a simple technique for eliciting more information from...Read More »
CREST Researchers delivered a masterclass on intelligence interviewing to over fifty practitioners from European government, police and military organisations. The day covered new techniques...Read More »
A short guide to aid in deception detection Research by CREST programme lead Professor Aldert Vrij has shown that when people tell lies in...Read More »
The research in this paper contributed to the CREST guide on checkable details in interviewing. It demonstrates a method interviewers can use to aid in determining...Read More »