Vincent Denault

McGill University | McGill · Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology (ECP)

For security and justice professionals (e.g., police officers, lawyers, judges), the thousands of peer-reviewed articles on nonverbal communication represent important sources of knowledge. However, despite the scope of the scientific work carried out on this subject, professionals can turn to programs, methods, and approaches that fail to reflect...

Denault, V., & Dunbar, N. (2019). Credibility assessment and deception detection in courtrooms: Hazards and challenges for scholars and legal practitioners. In T. Docan-Morgan (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of deceptive communication (pp. 915-936). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

Denault, V., Dunbar, N., & Plusquellec, P. (2019). The detection of deception during trials: Ignoring the nonverbal communication of witnesses is not the solution - A response to Vrij and Turgeon (2018). The International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 24(1), 3-11. doi: 10.1177/1365712719851133

Jupe, L., & Denault, V. (2019). Science or pseudoscience? A distinction that matters for police officers, lawyers and judges. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law, 26(5), 753-765. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2019.1618755

Denault, V. et Talwar, V. (2023). The science of children’s lies (and their detection): A Primer for justice practitioners. Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association, 59(2), 58-62.

Helping professionals are exposed daily to the emotional burden of their vulnerable clients and are at risk of unconscious emotional contagion that may lead to stress and emotional distress. Being aware of their own susceptibility to emotional contagion, however, can improve their well-being. This study aimed to propose an objective measure of emot...

This paper presents the results of a bibliometric study providing a comprehensive overview of the social science research conducted on criminal interrogations and investigative interviews since the 1900s. The objectives are to help researchers to further understand the research field, to better communicate research findings to practitioners, to hel...

The aim of this article is to provide a better understanding of how, in practice, judges use nonverbal communication during bench trials. The article starts with an overview of legal rules on how judges are supposed to assess witness credibility and use nonverbal communication, and briefly addresses the impact of those rules on lower courts and the...

Denault, V., & Zloteanu, M. (2023, April). Misinformation about evolution and nonverbal behaviour: How body language experts undermine global scientific efforts. Presentation submitted to the 2023 Annual Conference for the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association. London, UK

Despite decades of research and thousands of peer-reviewed articles on nonverbal communication written by a worldwide community of academics, a number of people in position of power, including security, justice and legal practitioners have embraced “body language” pseudoscience. This autoethnography aims to offer an otherwise inaccessible glimpse o...

Dunbar, N., Otmar, C., Denault, V., & Wertheimer. (2023, January). Does wearing a face mask affect the credibility of courtroom testimony? In J. Burgoon and J. Nunamaker (moderators). Credibility and Screening Technologies Symposium. Presentation at the 2023 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaï.

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals has received and continues to receive much attention from emotion researchers and behavioural scientists. However, the common misconception that Darwin advocated for the universality of emotional reactions has led to a host of unfounded and discredited claims promoted by “body language experts” on b...

Denault, V. (2022, November). La détection du mensonge, une fantaisie des temps modernes? [Lie detection, a modern day fantasy?] Presentation at the LabFluens Seminar of Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada.

Denault, V. (Ed.) (2022). La science au service de la pratique : enquêtes, procès et justice, Volume 2 [Science in the service of practice: Investigations, trials and justice, Volume 2]. Cowansville, Canada: Éditions Yvon Blais.

Dion Larivière, C., Crough, Q., McMillan, M., Denault, V., & Eastwood, J. (2022, July). Smile for the webcam: Interviewer non-verbal behaviours’ effect on perceptions of rapport and information disclosure in virtual interviews. Presentation at the 13th Annual Conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group, Winchester, Roy...

This article provides an overview of over 100 years of social science research on deception and lying. The aim is to raise awareness on the full scope of research findings on deception and lying to help the scientific community to communicate these research findings to practitioners who assess the veracity of individuals statements, further future...

Delmas, H., Denault, V., & Dunbar, N. (2022, May). Automatic detection of lies by facial cues. Presentation at the 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France.

Denault, V. (2022, March). Pseudoscience: Beyond the theoretical issue. Webinar presented at the Spring School Talk Series: Fake News and the Education for Democracy. Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Allemagne.

Denault, V. (2022, March). La science au service de la justice : Itinéraire de la production d’un ouvrage collectif [Science for justice: An itinerary for the production of a collective work]. Webinar presented by the Laboratoire de psychologie légale de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.

This conversation was published in French in the journal Commposite, and is translated herein with the authorization of this journal. Reference : Denault, V., Delmas, H. et Zloteanu, M. (2021). Communication non verbale et détection du mensonge : Une conversation entre trois jeunes chercheurs [Nonverbal communication and deception detection: A shor...

Bérubé, M., Allard, S. et Denault, V. (2022). Ensuring the probative value of web searches as digital evidence. Canadian Criminal Law Review, 26, 167-173.

Denault, V. (2022, February). Don’t blink! The impact of nonverbal behaviour in courtrooms. Webinar presented by McMaster University’s Forensic Psychiatry Institute, Hamilton, Canada.

Denault, V. (2022, February). Credibility and deception though video calls. Webinar presented by the Centre for Advanced Psychological Sciences, Singapore.

Denault, V. (2021, December). Stereotypes and “body language” in courtrooms: When misconceptions distort justice. Webinar presented by McGill School of Continuing Studies, Montreal, Canada. *

Denault, V., Delmas, H., & Zloteanu, M. (2021). Communication non verbale et détection du mensonge : Une conversation entre trois jeunes chercheurs. Commposite, 22(1), 107-119.

Denault, V., Otmar, C., Hansia, M., Dunbar, N., & Cooren, F. (2021, November). Underlying deceptive strategies in group interactions. Presentation at the 107th Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, Seattle, United States.

Denault, V. (2021, November). The science (and pseudoscience) of nonverbal communication. Webinar presented by McGill School of Continuing Studies, Montreal, Canada.

Curby, P., Cuthbert, L., Denault, V., Dickinson, J. J., & Jay, D. (2021, September). Remote interviewing, training and court practices. Online panel presented at the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group Virtual Conference 2021, Stokesley, UK.

Denault, V., Hinestroza, V., Kontogianni, F., Luther, K., & Pankhurst, G. (2021, September). "What I wish I'd known" - Advice from expert academics and practitioners. Online panel presented at the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group Virtual Conference 2021, Stokesley, UK.

Unfortunately, the original version of the article contained incorrect DOI listed in the abstract section. The correct DOI and link is: Whalen et al. in Emotion 1(1):70–83, 2001 https ://doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.1.1.70. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Denault, V. (2021, June). The science (and pseudoscience) of lie detection. Webinar presented at the VII Behavior & Law Scientific Congress, Madrid, Espagne.

This paper examines the role of social media evidence in sexual assault trials in Canada, focusing on cases with underage female victims. Teenage girls are among the heaviest social media users and face unique expectations regarding the performance of heteronormative gender norms. Society simultaneously encourages girls to enact gender roles that e...

Depuis au moins une dizaine d’années, les médias télévisuels font la promotion d’idées reçues sur les gestes et les expressions faciales. Des séries policières présentent l’analyse de la communication non verbale comme un outil qui, pour les professionnels de la justice, permettrait de distinguer efficacement la vérité des mensonges. De plus, des i...

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The new physical distancing rules have had many consequences, some of which are felt throughout the justice system. Courts across the world limited their operations. Nonetheless, given that justice delayed is justice denied, many jurisdictions have turned to te...

Denault, V. (2021, March). Préparation des témoins : enjeux théoriques, pratiques et éthiques [Witness preparation: theoretical, practical and ethical issues]. Webinar presented by the Laboratoire de psychologie légale de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.

Cameron, L., Cooper, P., Denault, V., Jeffrey, A., McKay, C., Rowden, E., & Padfield, N. (2021, January). Criminal justice: Access, architecture, and aspirations in a post Covid-19 future. Online panel presented by the Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK.

Denault, V. (2020). Préparation des témoins: Enjeux théoriques, pratiques et éthiques [Witness preparation: Theoretical, practical and ethical issues]. In K. Poitras & P.-C. Gagnon (Eds.), Psychologie et droit (pp. 79-95). Cowansville: Yvon Blais.

Denault, V. (2020, December). Enjeux de justice virtuelle: Communication non verbale et crédibilité des témoins [Virtual justice issues: Nonverbal communication and witness credibility]. Webinar presented by the Laboratoire de cyberjustice. Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.

Ramirez, F., Denault, V., Carpenter, S., & Wyers, J. (2020, November). “But her age was not given on her Facebook profile”: Minors and digital evidence in sexual assault trials. Presentation at the 106th Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, Indianapolis, United States.

Denault, V. (2020, November). Nonverbal communication technology and security: Challenges for a post-pandemic world. In B. Lane (moderator). Emerging Technologies and Nonverbal Communication: Theoretical and Methodological Advances in Nonverbal Research. Presentation at the 106th Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, Indianap...

Denault, V. (2020). Misconceptions about nonverbal cues to deception: A covert threat to the justice system? Frontiers in Psychology – Personality and Social Psychology, 11, 573460. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573460

Denault, V. (2020, October). Pour changer des pratiques dignes du Moyen-Âge: Perspectives sur la diffusion de la connaissance auprès des professionnels de la justice [Changing medieval practices: Perspectives on disseminating knowledge to justice professionals]. Webinar presented by the Centre international de criminologie comparée. Université de M...

Denault, V. (2020, October). Communication non verbale et justice: Un enjeu sous-estimé lors de procès [Nonverbal communication and justice: An underestimated issue at trial]. Webinar presented by the Centre international de criminologie comparée. Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

Ramirez, F., Denault, V. et Carpenter, S. (2020, mai). Rape myths and credibility attacks in the age of social media. Presentation at the 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Queensland, Australie.

Dunbar, N., Denault, V., & Hansia, M. (2020, January). Transcript case studies: MURI transcript analysis. In J. Burgoon, N. Dunbar, J. Nunamaker & J. Proudfoot (moderators). Credibility and Screening Technologies Symposium. Presentation at the 2019 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii.

Turbide, O., Cherba, M., & Denault, V. (2020). Réagir au dévoilement de soi dans un forum de discussions pour les personnes vivant avec un cancer: une approche interactionelle [Responding to self-disclosure in a discussion forum for people living with cancer: an interactional approach]. Corpus, 21. Retrieved from http://journals.openedition.org/cor...

Denault, V. (2020). Comment les juges détectent-ils les mensonges ? Étude des mécanismes communicationnels sous-jacents aux déclarations de culpabilité pour parjure [How do judges detect lies? A study of the communication mechanisms underlying perjury convictions] [Doctoral Thesis, Université de Montréal]. Papyrus UdeM. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/2...

Denault, V., Plusquellec, P., Jupe, L. M., St-Yves, M., Dunbar, N. E., Hartwig, M., … van Koppen, P. J. (2020). L’analyse de la communication non verbale: Les dangers de la pseudoscience en contextes de sécurité et de justice [The analysis of nonverbal communication: The dangers of pseudoscience in security and justice contexts]. Revue internationa...

Denault, V. (Ed.) (2020). La science au service de la pratique : enquêtes, procès et justice, Volume 1 [Science in the service of practice: Investigations, trials and justice, Volume 1]. Cowansville, Canada: Éditions Yvon Blais.

Para los profesionales de la seguridad y la justicia (policías, abogados, jueces), los miles de artículos revisados por pares sobre comunicación no verbal representan fuentes importantes de conocimiento. Sin embargo, a pesar del alcance del trabajo científico realizado sobre este tema, los profesionales pueden recurrir a programas, métodos y enfoqu...

Denault, V., & Plusquellec, P. (2019). La communication non verbale, 60 ans de connaissances révisées par les pairs [Nonverbal communication, 60 years of peer-reviewed knowledge]. Médiation et information, 48, 49-61.

Denault, V., Rioux-Turcotte, J., & Tomas, F. (2019). La spontanéité du discours, un facteur déterminant la crédibilité des témoins [The spontaneity of discourse, a determining factor of the witnesses credibility]. ScriptUM: La revue du Colloque VocUM 2016, 3, 85-110.

Bencherki, N., Bourgoin, A., Chen, H.-R., Cooren, F., Denault, V., & Plusquellec, P. (2019). Bodies, faces, physical space, and the materializations of authority. In N. Bencherki, F. Matte & F. Cooren (Eds.), Authority and power in social interaction: Methods and analysis (pp. 77-98). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Ramirez, F. A., & Denault, V. (2019, July). Facebook, female victims and social media evidence in sexual assault trials. Communication presented at the 10th International Conference on Social Media & Society, Toronto, Canada.

Turbide, O., Cherba, M., & Denault, V. (2019, July). Responding to self-disclosure in a discussion forum for people living with cancer: a conversational approach. Communication presented at the 10th International Conference on Social Media & Society, Toronto, Canada.

Résumé Contrairement aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni, la reconnaissance de l’expertise en linguistique en contexte judiciaire canadien francophone semble, à première vue, marginale. Toutefois, l’état réel de la situation est inconnu puisque le portrait global de la nature des interventions des linguistes lors de procès en tant que témoins experts...

Objective: The goal of this review is to present online social support interventions described in recent scientific literature, in order to (i) guide organizations wishing to develop such an intervention or to improve an existing program, and (ii) to identify future research directions and recommendations for practitioners. Methods and results:...

Landry, F., Plusquellec, P., Denault, V., & Ouellet-Morin, I. (2019, May). Mouvement des mains dirigé vers soi, que nous disent-ils lors d’une situation de provocation? [Movement of hands towards oneself, what do they tell us in a situation of provocation?]. In P. Plusquellec & V. Denault (Chairs). La communication non verbale: recherches, enjeux e...

Denault, V. (2019, May). The science of real-time lie detection. In A. Navaneelan (Chair). Refugee status determination & credibility assessment. Presentation at the workshop Building a shared agenda: Collaborating on socio-legal research to improve refugee status decision-making, Toronto, Canada.

Denault, V., & Jupe, L. (2019). Vetting deception detection: Developing evidence-based practices. Fraud Magazine, 34(2), 60-62.

Denault, V., & Plusquellec, P. (2019, February). Witnesses in courtrooms: Dubious interpretations of "body language" and real-life consequences. Poster presented at the 8th Nonverbal Preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, United States.

Landry, F., Plusquellec, P., Denault, V., & Ouellet-Morin, I. (2019, February). Self-touching as a coping strategy? Evidence from a social provocation task experiment. Poster presented at the 8th Nonverbal Preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, United States.

Denault, V. (2018, November). Judges, witnesses and nonverbal communication: The influence of demeanor on the assessment of testimonies. In J. Bowman (moderator). What count as evidence? Kernels of contradictions in nonverbal theory and measures. Presentation at the 104th Annual convention of the National Communication Association (NCA), Salt Lake...

Using one of the key bibliometric methods, namely the index of citations, from a comprehensive multidisciplinary bibliographic electronic database, Web of Science, this article provides a circumscribed descriptive analysis of 1000 most-cited papers in the research field of visible nonverbal behavior. Using this method, we outline the most influenti...

Résumé : Les partisans de la synergologie la considèrent comme une discipline scientifique. Mais l’unique publication révisée par les pairs (Turchet, 2013) comporte des lacunes (utilisation inadaptée de la littérature scientifique pour justifier les arguments, biais méthodologiques). Par ailleurs, des astuces rhétoriques sont utilisées afin de pr...

Denault, V. (2018, June). Le rôle de la science dans le développement de meilleures pratiques professionnelles, que doit-on retenir du programme de détection de comportements suspects SPOT? [The role of science in the development of best professional practices, what should we remember from the suspicious behavior detection program SPOT?]. Presentat...

Denault, V. (2018, June). The 100 most cited papers on human deception: A bibliometric analysis. Presentation at the 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montréal, Canada.

Denault, V. (2018, June). Trial judges and the detection of deception: Good intentions and good practices are not synonyms. In V. Denault (moderator). Better practices, better justice: Arguments for interdisciplinary dialogues. Presentation at the 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montréal, Canada.

Denault, V. (2018, April). L'étude de la communication non verbale comme outil de développement de l'esprit critique [The study of nonverbal communication as a tool to develop critical thinking]. Communication presented at the Colloque interuniversitaire en communication de l’AEMDC 2018, Montréal, Canada

Denault, V., & Cooren, F. (2018). Lawyers as ventriloquists: A contemporary approach to understanding credibility in the courtroom. In G. Tessuto, V. K. Bhatia & J. Engberg (Eds.), Frameworks for discursive actions and practices of the law (pp. 138-152). Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars

Denault, V., & Jupe, L. (2018). Aviation security and the TSA's behavior detection: Why effective academic and practitioner dialogue is vital. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 240. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00240

Denault, V. & Jupe, L. (2018). Detecting deceit during trials: Limits in the implementation of lie detection research - A comment on Snook, McCardle, Fahmy and House. Canadian Criminal Law Review, 28(1), 97-106.

Turbide, O, Thoër, C., Cherba, M., Denault, V., & Benzaza, R. (2018). Formes d’expression de soutien social sur le forum de discussion de la Société canadienne du cancer: une analyse thématique et conversationnelle [Forms social support expression on the Canadian Cancer Society’s discussion forum: A thematic and conversational analysis]. In B. Cord...

Denault, V. & Dunbar, N. (2017). Nonverbal communication in courtrooms: Scientific assessments or modern trials by ordeal? The Advocates’ Quarterly, 47(3), 280-308.

Denault, V. (2017, November). Le triomphe de la vérité lors de procès, véritable espoir ou croyance naïve? [The triumph of truth during trial, genuine promise or naïve belief?]. Presentation at the Colloque du CRDS 2017, Montréal, Canada.

Denault, V., & Cooren, F. (2017, October). The becoming of a small claims court judgement: A ventriloquial perspective. Presentation at the 2017 International Association for Dialogue Analysis conference, Bologna, Italy.

Denault, V. (2017). Le « langage » non verbal des témoins, quand les pseudosciences s’invitent au tribunal [The “body language” of witnesses, when pseudosciences are invited in the courtroom]. ScriptUM: La revue du Colloque VocUM 2015, 2, 96-118.

Denault, V., & Jupe, L. (2017). Justice at risk! An evaluation of a pseudoscientific analysis of a witness’ nonverbal behavior in the courtroom. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 29(2), 221-242. doi: 10.1080/14789949.2017.1358758

Résumé Lors d’un procès, les questions introductives en début d’interrogatoire peuvent aider non seulement à mettre le témoin à l’aise, mais également à le personnaliser, c’est-à-dire de le présenter sous un jour particulier, ce qui peut jouer sur sa crédibilité et l’empathie du décideur à son endroit. Cet article vise à mettre en évidence les méca...

Denault, V., & Rochat, N. (2017, May). Témoignage véridique, ou témoignage mensonger? Lorsque l’évaluation de la crédibilité perd en crédibilité. [Truthful testimony, or deceitful testimony? When credibility assessment loses in credibility]. Presentation at the 85e Congrès de l’ACFAS, Montreal, Canada.

Denault, V., & Rioux-Turcotte, J. (2017, May). Implication des chercheurs en linguistique légale dans le milieu judiciaire francophone, une course contre la montre [Implication of forensic linguistic researchers in the francophone judiciary, a race against the clock]. In M. Laforest & A. Houle (moderators). L’étude du langage en contexte judiciaire...

Denault, V. & Jupe, L. (2017). Deception detection. In B. Baker, R. Minhas & L. Wilson (Eds.), Psychology and law factbook, 2nd edition (pp. 22-24). Derby, United Kingdom: European Association of Psychology and Law Student Society.

Denault, V. (2017). Credibility assessment. In B. Baker, R. Minhas & L. Wilson (Eds.), Psychology and law factbook, 2nd edition (pp. 19-21). Derby, United Kingdom: European Association of Psychology and Law Student Society.

Denault, V. (2017, April). Les experts en non-verbal dans les médias, plus de pseudo que de science? Le cas de la poignée de main Trump-Trudeau [The non-verbal experts in the media, more pseudo than science? The case of the Trump-Trudeau handshake]. Presentation at the Colloque interuniversitaire en communication de l’AEMDC 2017, Montreal, Canada.

Denault, V. (2017, March). L’attaque ad hominem comme stratégie de réponse aux critiques. Une autoethnographie de la dénonciation d’une pseudoscience [Ad hominem attack as a strategy to answer criticisms. An autoethnography of the denunciation of a pseudoscience]. Presentation at the Colloque Divers’COM 2017, Montreal, Canada.

Expert witnesses are sometimes asked to assess the reliability of young witnesses and victims' statements because of their high susceptibility to memory biases. This technical note aims to highlight the relevance of the Griffiths Question Map (GQM) as a professional forensic tool to improve expert witnesses' assessments of young witnesses and victi...

Denault, V., Jupe, L., Dodier, O., & Rochat, N. (2017). To veil or not to veil, detecting lies in the courtroom: A comment on Leach et al. (2016). Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 24(1), 102-117. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2017.1260619

Denault, V. (2016, November). Nonverbal communication in the courtroom: What inductive case law analysis tells us. In A. Duggan (moderator). Nonverbal methods and measures in applied contexts. Presentation at the 102nd Annual convention of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, United States.

Denault, V., Rioux-Turcotte, J., & Tomas, F. (2016, November). La spontanéité du discours, un facteur déterminant la crédibilité des témoins [The spontaneity of discourse, a determining factor of witnesses credibility]. Presentation at the Colloque VocUM 2016, Montreal, Canada.

Denault, V., Delmas, H., & Rochat, N. (2016, July). Credibility assessment of witnesses: Dubious criteria and pseudoscience. Presentation at the 26th Annual conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law, Toulouse, France

Delmas, H., Denault, V., Elissalde, B., Rochat, N., Demarchi, S., Tijus, C., & Urdapilleta, I. (2016). Évaluation de la crédibilité des témoins: L’influence des croyances [Witnesses credibility assessment: The impact of beliefs]. In C. Puigelier & C. Tijus (Eds.), L'esprit au-delà du droit. Pour un dialogue entre les sciences cognitives et le droit...

Delmas, H., Elissalde, B., Denault, V., Rochat, N., Demarchi, S., Tijus, C., & Urdapilleta, I. (2016, June). Synergology's "False No" response theory: Testing and implications of a pseudo-scientific belief about deception. Presentation at the 9th Annual Conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group, London, United Kingdo...

Denault, V., Cooren, F., & Plusquellec, P. (2016, June). When facial expressions and gestures speak louder than words: An interdisciplinary multimodal interaction analysis of power and authority. Presentation at the 66th Annual preconference of the International Communication Association, Fukuoka, Japan.

Denault, V. & Delmas, H. (2016, June). Credibility in the courtroom: What investigating interviewing professionals need to know. Presentation at the 9th Annual conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group, London, United Kingdom.

Denault, V., & Delmas, H. (2016, June). The use of Information Manipulation Theory in deception research: Lessons from the past, ideas for the future. Presentation at the 9th Annual Conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group, London, United Kingdom.

Denault, V. (2016, June). Impacts of pseudo-sciences in the judicial system. In S. Demarchi (moderator). The impact of erroneous beliefs and non-scientific practices in the judicial process. Presentation at the 9th Annual conference of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG), London, United Kingdom.

Denault, V., & Cooren, F. (2016, May). Lawyers as ventriloquists: A contemporary approach to understanding credibility in the courtroom. Presentation at the 4th International conference of the Center for Research in Language and Law, Caserta, Italy.

Denault, V. (2016, May). Le non-verbal des témoins lors de procès: Quand la forme l’emporte sur le fond [The nonverbal of witnesses during trials: When the form prevails on the substance]. Presentation at the 84e Congrès de l’ACFAS, Montréal, Canada.

Denault, V. (2016, March). Commission Charbonneau: Quand plaidoirie rime avec ventriloquie [Charbonneau Commission: when argumentation rhymes with ventriloquism]. Presentation at the Colloque Divers’COM 2016, Montréal, Canada.