RT Article T1 A critical look at meta-analytic evidence for the cognitive approach to lie detection: a re-examination of Vrij, Fisher, and Blank (2017) JF Legal and criminological psychology VO 23 IS 1 SP 7 OP 19 A1 Levine, Timothy R. A2 Blair, J. Pete A2 Carpenter, Christopher J. LA English YR 2018 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1846233585 AB Purpose. This article provides a re-analysis of Vrij et al.'s (2017, Leg. Crim. Psychol. 22, 1) meta-analysis of the cognitive approach to lie detection. Vrij et al.'s analyses confounded dependent variables, capitalized on aberrant controls, and used unreliable data to inflate support. Methods. Meta-analysis was used to reanalyse Vrij et al.'s data. Studies of human detection and studies involving statistical classification were analysed separately. Results. The advantage offered by the cognitive approach was much smaller than previously claimed. Accuracies in control conditions were unusually low, and the most supportive findings came from the least reliable data. Conclusions. Human detection and statistical classification are different. The evidence for the cognitive approach has been overstated. NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 18-19 NO Gesehen am 25.05.2023 NO First published: 11 September 2017 K1 confounds K1 publication bias K1 Deception K1 lies DO 10.1111/lcrp.12115