interviewing suspects with avatars: avatars are more effective when perceived as human

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It has been consistently demonstrated that deceivers generally can be discriminated from truth tellers by monitoring an increase in their physiological response. But is this still the case when deceivers interact with a virtual avatar? The present research investigated whether the mere ‘’belief’’ that the virtual avatar is computer or human operated forms a crucial factor for eliciting physiological cues to deception. Participants were interviewed about a transgression they had been seduced to commit, by a human-like virtual avatar. In a between-subject design, participants either deceived or told the truth about this transgression. During the interviews, we measured the physiological responses assessing participants’ electrodermal activity (EDA). In line with our hypothesis, EDA differences between deceivers and truth tellers only were significant for participants who believed they interacted with a human operated (compared to a computer operated) avatar. These results have theoretical as well as practical implications which we will discuss.
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Authors ;Sabine eStröfer;Elze G Ufkes;Merijn eBruijnes;Ellen eGiebels;Matthijs L Noordzij
Journal accounts of chemical research
Year 2016
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10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00545
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