Professor Aldert Vrij
Biography
I was awarded my PhD in 1991 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and came to the UK in 1994, when I joined the Psychology Department as a Senior Lecturer. In 1996 I was promoted to Reader and in 2000 to my current position: Professor of Applied Social Psychology.
Research interests
My main research interest is deception, resulting in almost 600 publications and more than 25,000 citations. I received grants from British Research Councils, Trusts and Foundations, Insurers, Federal Bureau of Investigation and American, British, Dutch, and Singapore Governments, totalling > $11,000,000.
I work closely with practitioners (police, security services and insurers) in terms of conducting research and disseminating its findings. My book Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities (published by Wiley) is a comprehensive overview of research into (non)verbal and physiological deception and lie detection.
In 2016 I received the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iiiRG) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of my significant contribution to investigative interviewing.
Research outputs
2024
Impacts of physical and testimonial evidence on South Korean police interrogator’s selection of tactics
Granhag, P. A., Jang, M., Luke, T. J., Vrij, A., Woohyun, L.
26 Oct 2024, In: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
Honesty repeats itself: comparing manual and automated coding on the veracity cues total details and redundancy
Deeb, H., Dib, G., Hypšová, P., Leal, S., Mann, S., Palena, N., Vrij, A.
21 Oct 2024, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 45, 5, p. 934-962, 29p.
Veracity judgments based on complications: a training experiment
Burkhardt, J., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.
19 Sep 2024, In: Behavioral Sciences. 14, 9, 15p., 839
Introducing the high-context communication style interview protocol to detect deception in pairs
Ashkenazi, T., Fisher, R., Leal, S., Palena, N., Vernham, Z., Vrij, A.
1 Sep 2024, In: Acta Psychologica. 249, 20p., 104440
Verbal cues in omission lies: The effect of informing sources about the essential part of the event
Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P., Leal, S., Vrij, A.
1 Aug 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4232
Use of the model statement in determining the veracity of opinions
Deeb, H., Mann, S., Vrij, A.
12 Jul 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4227
Successful use of the forced choice test for detecting concealment of semantic memory in criminal and intelligence investigations
Ashkenazi, T., Goldzweig, G., Leal, S., Vrij, A.
7 Jun 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology . 15, 9p., 1399985
“Tell me about your trip”: Introducing the Enhanced Ghostwriter Lie Detection Tool
Burkhardt, J., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Vernham, Z., Vrij, A.
3 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
The principle of reciprocity in Scharff interviews
Caso, L., Granhag, P., Monticciolo, R., Orthey, R., Palena, N., Vrij, A.
1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 21, 2, 9p., e1629
To nod or not to nod: how does interviewer nonverbal behavior affect rapport perceptions and recall in truth tellers and lie tellers?
Dabrowna, O., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.
31 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior