Elena Was Suspected of Committing a Fraud

question 44

Multiple Choice

Elena was suspected of committing a fraud. Investigators asked her to tell her story in reverse. This promising lie-detection technique is based on the idea that narrating backwards:

• A) makes suspects likely to confess.
• B) causes false negative admission of guilt.
• C) will be accepted by courts as evidence.
• D) increases cognitive load.

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