Automatic Detection of Verbal Deception
Synthesis lectures on human language technologiesPublished 1 September 2015Open access
Eileen Fitzpatrick, Joan Bachenko, Tommaso Fornaciari
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Abstract
This book describes a range of behaviors—physiological, gestural as well as verbal—that have been proposed as indicators of deception.
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