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26 - Detection of Deception

from Topical Psychophysiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

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William G. Iacono
Edited by
John T. Cacioppo ,
Louis G. Tassinary  and
Gary G. Berntson
John T. Cacioppo
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Louis G. Tassinary
Affiliation:
Texas A & M University
Gary G. Berntson
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
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Handbook of Psychophysiology , pp. 565 - 580
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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