Aldert Vrij b. 1960
A Senior Lecturer turned Professor of Applied Social
Psychology, Aldert Vrij is a member of the International Centre for Research in
Forensic Psychology (ICRFP) within the Department of Psychology. His research
includes the nonverbal and verbal cues to deception, and lie detection, and he
has published more than 500 articles on these subjects. Vrij has written a
comprehensive text about deception and lie detection in which he describes the
lie detection tools used to date and discusses the problems related to these
tools, in addition to providing guidelines on how to improve lie detection.
Vrij found that the assumption people have about liars having shifty eyes are
wrong, with liars actually looking straight at the receiver, perhaps making
sure they are being believed.
Read Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and
Opportunities. (2008) Chichester: Wiley
Watch Aldert Vrij on YouTube, on Lying: