Generalizability of an Ocular-Motor Test for Deception to a Mexican Population
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: We developed an ocular-motor deception test (ODT) that classifies people as truthful or deceptive based on eye movements and pupillary responses while participants read and respond to true/false statements concerning their possible involvement in illicit activities. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the effects of deception on ocular-motor measures generalize to native Spanish speakers in Mexico. One hundred and forty-seven students at a large university in Mexico participated in a mock crime experiment; 83 were guilty of taking $200 pesos from a secretary’s purse, and 64 were innocent. On cross-validation, accuracy of classifications based on behavioral and ocular-motor measures exceeded 80% for both truthful and deceptive participants in Mexican and U.S. samples.
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2300119416