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veracity effect: a standalone construct

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Deception research

the pattern that people judge truths more accurately than lies because they tend to assume messages are honest.

In deception research, veracity effect refers to the pattern that people judge truths more accurately than lies because they tend to assume messages are honest. This meaning comes from Levine (1999) in Communication Monographs.[1]

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Levine, T. R., Park, H. S., & McCornack, S. A. (1999). Accuracy in detecting truths and lies: Documenting the “veracity effect”. Communication Monographs, 66(2), 125-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637759909376468

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