Is your body lying?

The Impact of the Consistency of Child Witness and Peer Reports on Credibility

“…Evaluations of honesty typically include factors such as the believability and truthfulness of a child's report, as well as whether the report is perceived as having been fabricated. Adults rely on various factors to assess honesty; children are more likely to be judged as dishonest when they are less emotional (Castelli & Goodman, 2014;Rowsell & Colloff, 2021), exhibit non-verbal behaviors such as fidgeting and face touching (Serras Pereira et al, 2014;Wyman et al, 2018), and engage in less eye contact (Global Deception Research Team, 2006;Wyman et al, 2018). Evaluations of cognitive competence include factors such as a child's intelligence, accuracy, and the consistency of their testimony (Ross et al, 2003).…”