Linda M. Geven

Leiden University | LEI · Institute for Criminal Law & Criminology

Wrongful conviction cases indicate that not all confessors are guilty. However, there is currently no validated method to assess the veracity of confessions. In this preregistered study, we evaluate whether a new application of the Concealed Information Test (CIT) is a potentially valid method to make a distinction between true and false admissions...

Abstract Background While the Concealed Information Test (CIT) can determine whether examinees recognize critical details, it does not clarify the origin of the memory. Hence, when unknowledgeable suspects are contaminated with crime information through media channels or investigative interviews, the validity of the CIT can be compromised (i.e. fal...

Mistaken eyewitness identifications continue to be a major contributor to miscarriages of justice. Previous experiments have suggested that implicit identification procedures such as the Concealed Information Test (CIT) might be a promising alternative to classic lineups when encoding conditions during the crime were favorable. We tested this idea...

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students from 100 universities in 35 countries, collected in 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creativity, intolerance of uncertainty, and fear of negative evaluation), self-efficacy, persistence, and...

This large, international dataset contains survey responses from N = 12,570 students from 100 universities in 35 countries, collected in 21 languages. We measured anxieties (statistics, mathematics, test, trait, social interaction, performance, creativity, intolerance of uncertainty, and fear of negative evaluation), self-efficacy, persistence, and...

The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N = 10, 535 participants from 24 countries...

Concealed Information Tests (CIT) are administered to verify whether suspects recognize certain features from a crime. Whenever it is presumed that innocent suspects were contaminated with critical information (e.g., the perpetrator had a knife), the examiner may ask more detailed questions (e.g., specific types of knives) to prevent false positive...

Concealed Information Tests (CIT) are administered to verify whether suspects recognize certain features from a crime. Whenever it is presumed that innocent suspects were contaminated with critical information (e.g., the perpetrator had a knife), the examiner may ask more detailed questions (e.g., specific types of knives) to prevent false positive...

Wrongful conviction cases indicate that not all confessors are guilty. However, there is currently no validated method to assess the veracity of confessions. In this preregistered study, we evaluate whether a new application of the Concealed Information Test (CIT) is a potentially valid method to make a distinction between true and false admissions...

The current study explored the most appropriate level of item specificity for memory detection. Participant pairs planned a fictitious bank robbery, encoding its’ critical details on either categorical (e.g., car) or exemplar level (e.g., Citroën). In the CIT, half of the encoded details were tested on the same level of specificity, while the other...

A confession is the most incriminatory evidence in criminal proceedings, yet laboratory research as well as wrongful conviction cases indicate that not all confessors are actually guilty. Currently, there is no validated method to assess the veracity of confessions and differentiate true from false admissions of guilt. Here, we evaluate whether a n...

From a cognitive perspective, lying can be regarded as a complex cognitive process requiring the interplay of several executive functions. Meta-analytic research on 114 studies encompassing 3307 participants (Suchotzki et al., 2017) suggests that computerized paradigms can reliably assess the cognitive burden of lying, with large reaction time diff...

The Concealed Information Test (CIT) aims to detect the recognition of concealed knowledge in an interviewee by presenting a series of multiple-choice questions while measuring several psychophysiological (e.g., skin conductance) or behavioral (i.e., reaction times) responses. When a suspect consistently shows distinct responses to the critical (e....

Über ein Jahrzehnt lang wurde in Deutschland nach dem „Phantom von Heilbronn“ gesucht. Bis sich herausstellte, dass die Ermittler*innen wegen falscher DNS-Beweise auf der falschen Spur waren. Wie zuverlässig sind forensische Beweise eigentlich?

For decades, research has been focused on examining diagnostic cues to deceit, but little research has been carried out investigating whether it is possible to deter people from lying. The present study examines whether it is possible to deter people from lying by imposing cognitive load. When making an interview more cognitively demanding by intro...

In the present two experiments we examined whether imposing cognitive load, and making the interview setting more mentally taxing, can deter people from lying. Most liars will incorporate as much truth as possible into their story. When an interview setting becomes more difficult, this may result in refraining from lying altogether. Eighty-three (E...