Jordanians and Malaysians were videotaped while lying and telling the truth, and Jordanians and Malaysians judged the resulting tapes for deception.
Results show that lies can be detected across cultures from an audiovisual presentation.
Ancillary results reveal cross- cultural consensus in judgments of deception from both auditory and visual cues. Discrimination between lies and the truth was clear - and was more accurate for targets who tried to convey, rather than conceal, it. Robert A.C. Stewart , PhD, Editor Soc. for Personality Research. P.O.Box 1539, Palmerston North 5331, New Zealand.