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May 7, 2026The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal ContextOpen Access

Verbal Indicators of Omission Lies: The Effect of Omission Size and Narrative Part Significance on Verbal Veracity Cues

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AVAldert VrijSLSharon LealHDHaneen Deeb

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Overview

Randomized trial examines how omission size and significance affect verbal cues in deceptive reporting.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how omission size and the significance of reported narratives influence verbal cues in omission lies.
  • 145 participants completed a mission observing a target of interest.
  • Participants were categorized into small-omission and large-omission lie tellers based on the information they withheld.
  • Verbal reports analyzed focused on common knowledge details and self-handicapping strategies.
  • Lie tellers reported more common knowledge details compared to truth tellers, regardless of omission size.
  • This effect was observed in both essential and non-essential narrative parts.
  • Differences in verbal accounts between lie tellers and truth tellers were significant despite truth tellers' overall accurate reporting.

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Vrij et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fc2ba98b49bacb8b347a7dhttps://doi.org/10.5093/ejpalc2026a4
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