Articles, Books and Chapters

  • Denault, V., & Vrij, A. (2024). “The Eyes Can’t Lie”: Misconceptions about nonverbal communication and why they matter. CREST Security Review, 18, 14-17.
  • Delmas, H., Denault, V., Burgoon, J. K., & Dunbar N. (2024). A review of automatic lie detection through facial features. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-024-00451-2
  • Pennestri, M.-H., Denault, V., Béliveau, M.-J., Tong, D., & Talwar, V. (2023). Aspects psychologiques et légaux liés à la garde d’enfants en bas âge [Psychological and legal aspects of early childhood care]. Revue du Barreau, 80, 145-190.
  • Denault, V., & Talwar, V. (2023). The science of children’s lies (and their detection): A Primer for justice practitioners. Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association, 59(2), 58-62.
  • Plusquellec, P., Smart, K., & Denault, V. (2023). Facial reactivity to emotional stimuli is related to empathic concern, empathic distress, and depressive symptoms in social work students. Psychological Reports. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294123118102
  • Denault, V., & Talwar, V. (2023). From criminal interrogations to investigative interviews: A bibliometric study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1175856. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1175856
  • Denault, V., Leclerc, C., & Talwar, V. (2023). Nonverbal communication and witness credibility: A view from the bench. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2175068
  • Denault, V. (2023). The transition to scientific research and the fallout of speaking publicly: Perspectives from a former proponent of “body language” pseudoscience. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2023.2178687 
  • Denault, V., & Zloteanu, M. (2022). Darwin’s illegitimate children: how body language experts undermine Darwin’s legacy. Evolutionary Human Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2022.50
  • Denault, V. (Ed.) (2022). La science au service de la pratique : enquêtes, procès et justice, Volume 2 [Science in the service of practice: Investigations, trials and justice, Volume 2]. Cowansville, Canada: Éditions Yvon Blais.
  • Denault, V., Talwar, V., Plusquellec, P., & Larivière, V. (2022). On Deception and lying: An overview of over 100 years of social science research. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36(4), 805-819. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3971
  • Bérubé, M., Allard, S., & Denault, V. (2022). Ensuring the probative value of web searches as digital evidence. Canadian Criminal Law Review, 26, 167-173
  • Ramirez, F. A., Denault, V., Carpenter, S., & Wyers, J. (2021). ‘But her age was not given on her Facebook profile’: Minors, social media, and sexual assault trials. Information, Communication & Society, 25(15), 2282-2298. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1934065 
  • Denault, V., Delmas, H. et Zloteanu, M. (2021). Communication non verbale et détection du mensonge : Une conversation entre trois jeunes chercheurs. Commposite, 22(1), 107-119.
  • Denault, V., Duran, G., & Delmas, H. (2021). La communication non verbale dans les médias télévisuels: Un regard critique sur un « décryptage » lors du procès d’Aaron Hernandez [Nonverbal communication in television media: A critical look at a “deciphering” during the trial of Aaron Hernandez]. Criminologie, 54(1), 171-196. http://doi.org/10.7202/1076697ar
  • Denault, V., & Patterson, M. (2021). Justice and nonverbal communication in a post-pandemic world: An evidence-based commentary and cautionary statement for lawyers and judges. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 45,1-10. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-020-00339-x
  • Denault, V. (2020). Préparation des témoins: Enjeux théoriques, pratiques et éthiques [Witness preparation: Theoretical, practical and ethical issues]. In K. Poitras & P.-C. Gagnon (Eds.), Psychologie et droit (pp. 79-95). Cowansville: Yvon Blais.
  • Denault, V. (Ed.) (2020). La science au service de la pratique : enquêtes, procès et justice, Volume 1 [Science in the service of practice: Investigations, trials and justice, Volume 1]. Cowansville, Canada: Éditions Yvon Blais.
  • Denault, V. (2020). Misconceptions about nonverbal cues to deception : a covert threat to the justice system? Frontiers in Psychology – Personality and Social Psychology, 11, 573460. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.573460
  • Denault, V., Plusquellec, P., Jupe, L. M., St-Yves, M., Dunbar, N. E., Hartwig, M., … van Koppen, P. J. (2020). L’analyse de la communication non verbale: Les dangers de la pseudoscience en contextes de sécurité et de justice [The analysis of nonverbal communication: The dangers of pseudoscience in security and justice contexts]. Revue internationale de criminologie et de police technique et scientifique, 73, 15-44.
  • Denault, V., Plusquellec, P., Jupe, L. M., St-Yves, M., Dunbar, N. E., Hartwig, M., … van Koppen, P. J. (2020). The analysis of nonverbal communication: The dangers of pseudoscience in security and justice contexts. Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, 30, 1-12. http://doi.org/10.5093/apj2019a9
  • Turbide, O., Cherba, M., & Denault, V. (2020). Réagir au dévoilement de soi dans un forum de discussions pour les personnes vivant avec un cancer: une approche interactionelle [Responding to self-disclosure in a discussion forum for people living with cancer: an interactional approach]. Corpus, 21. http://journals.openedition.org/corpus/4987
  • Bencherki, N., Bourgoin, A., Chen, H.-R., Cooren, F., Denault, V., & Plusquellec, P. (2019). Bodies, faces, physical space, and the materializations of authority. In N. Bencherki, F. Matte & F. Cooren (Eds.), Authority and power in social interaction: Methods and analysis (pp. 77-98). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge
  • Cherba, M., Thoër, C., Turbide, O., Denault, V., Renaud, L., Valderrama, A., … Muloin, C. (2019). Le soutien social en ligne comme mode d’intervention psychosociale: Revue de littérature, pistes de recherche et recommandations pour les intervenants [Online social support as a psychosocial intervention method: Literature review, research leads and recommendations for practitioners]. Santé Publique, 31, 83-92. http://doi.org/10.3917/spub.191.0083
  • Denault, V., & Dunbar, N. (2019). Credibility assessment and deception detection in courtrooms: Hazards and challenges for scholars and legal practitioners. In T. Docan-Morgan (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of deceptive communication (pp. 915-936). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Denault, V., Dunbar, N., & Plusquellec, P. (2019). The detection of deception during trials: Ignoring the nonverbal communication of witnesses is not the solution – A response to Vrij and Turgeon (2018). The International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 24(1), 3-11. http://doi.org/10.1177/1365712719851133
  • Denault, V., & Plusquellec, P. (2019). La communication non verbale, 60 ans de connaissances révisées par les pairs [Nonverbal communication, 60 years of peer-reviewed knowledge]. Médiation et information, 48, 49-61.
  • Denault, V., Rioux-Turcotte, J., & Tomas, F. (2019). La spontanéité du discours, un facteur déterminant la crédibilité des témoins [The spontaneity of discourse, a determining factor of the witnesses credibility]. ScriptUM: La revue du Colloque VocUM 2016, 3, 85-110.
  • Jupe, L., & Denault, V. (2019). Science or pseudoscience? A distinction that matters for police officers, lawyers and judges. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law, 26(5), 753-765. http://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2019.1618755
  • Rioux-Turcotte, J., & Denault, V. (2019). L’expertise en linguistique devant les tribunaux québécois et fédéraux canadiens, portrait global et conséquences pour les professionnels du système judiciaire [The linguistic expertise in Quebec and Canadian federal courts, global portrait and consequences for judicial professionals]. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law – Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, 32(2), 427-447. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9585-6
  • Denault, V., & Cooren, F. (2018). Lawyers as ventriloquists: A contemporary approach to understanding credibility in the courtroom. In G. Tessuto, V. K. Bhatia & J. Engberg (Eds.), Frameworks for discursive actions and practices of the law (pp. 138-152). Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars
  • Denault, V., & Jupe, L. (2018). Aviation security and the TSA’s behavior detection: Why effective academic and practitioner dialogue is vital. Frontiers in Psychology – Disaster Communications, 9, 240. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00240
  • Denault, V., & Jupe, L. (2018). Detecting deceit during trials: Limits in the implementation of lie detection research – A comment on Snook, McCardle, Fahmy and House. Canadian Criminal Law Review, 28(1), 97-106.
  • Plusquellec, P., & Denault, V. (2018). The 1000 most cited papers on visible nonverbal behavior: A bibliometric analysis. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 42(3), 347-377. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-018-0280-9
  • Rochat, N., Delmas, H., Denault, V., Elissalde, B., & Demarchi, S. (2018). La synergologie révisée par les pairs, analyse d’une publication [Synergology peer-reviewed, analysis of a publication]. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 39(2), 247-266. http://doi.org/10.7202/1051231ar
  • Turbide, O, Thoër, C., Cherba, M., Denault, V., & Benzaza, R. (2018). Formes d’expression de soutien social sur le forum de discussion de la Société canadienne du cancer: une analyse thématique et conversationnelle [Forms social support expression on the Canadian Cancer Society’s discussion forum: A thematic and conversational analysis]. In B. Cordelier, O. Galibert, S. Alemanno & H. Romeyer (Eds.), Actes des Journées d’études – Organisation, santé et numérique (pp. 32-34). Montreal, Canada: ComSanté.
  • Denault, V. (2017). Credibility assessment. In B. Baker, R. Minhas & L. Wilson (Eds.), Psychology and law factbook, 2nd edition (pp. 19-21). Derby, United Kingdom: European Association of Psychology and Law Student Society.
  • Denault, V. (2017). Le « langage » non verbal des témoins, quand les pseudosciences s’invitent au tribunal [The “body language” of witnesses, when pseudosciences are invited in the courtroom]. ScriptUM: La revue du Colloque VocUM 2015, 2, 96-118.
  • Denault, V., & Dunbar, N. (2017). Nonverbal communication in courtrooms: Scientific assessments or modern trials by ordeal? The Advocates’ Quarterly, 47(3), 280-308.
  • Denault, V., & Jupe, L. (2017). Deception detection. In B. Baker, R. Minhas & L. Wilson (Eds.), Psychology and law factbook, 2nd edition (pp. 22-24). Derby, United Kingdom: European Association of Psychology and Law Student Society.
  • Denault, V., & Jupe, L. (2017). Justice at risk! An evaluation of a pseudoscientific analysis of a witness’ nonverbal behavior in the courtroom. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 29(2), 221-242. http://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2017.1358758
  • Denault, V., Jupe, L., Dodier, O., & Rochat, N. (2017). To veil or not to veil, detecting lies in the courtroom: A comment on Leach et al. (2016). Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 24(1), 102-117. http://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2017.1260619
  • Dodier, O., & Denault, V. (2017). The Griffiths Question Map: A forensic tool for expert witnesses’ assessments of witnesses and victims’ statements. Journal of Forensic Science, 63(1), 266-274. http://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13477
  • Delmas, H., Denault, V., Elissalde, B., Rochat, N., Demarchi, S., Tijus, C., & Urdapilleta, I. (2016). Évaluation de la crédibilité des témoins: L’influence des croyances [Witnesses credibility assessment: The impact of beliefs]. In C. Puigelier & C. Tijus (Eds.), L’esprit au-delà du droit. Pour un dialogue entre les sciences cognitives et le droit (pp. 205-224). Paris, France: Mare et Martin.
  • Denault, V., & Cooren, F. (2016). La personnalisation des témoins lors de procès: Rhétorique et ventriloquie lors des questions introductives [Witness personalisation during trials: Rhetoric and ventriloquism during introductory questions]. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law – Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique, 30(2), 321-349. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-016-9496-3
  • Delmas, H., Elissalde, B., Denault, V., Rochat, N., Demarchi, S., Tijus, C., & Urdapilleta, I. (2015). Une nouvelle croyance sur le mensonge: La théorie des « faux non » en synergologie [A new belief on lying: The “false no” theory in synergology]. In M. Hutin (Ed.), Actes du colloque Cognition, Langage, Interaction 2015 (pp. 20-27). Paris, France: Université Paris 8.
  • Denault, V. (2015). Communication non verbale et crédibilité des témoins [Nonverbal communication and witnesses credibility]. Cowansville, Canada: Éditions Yvon Blais.
  • Denault, V., Larivée, S., Plouffe, D., & Plusquellec, P. (2015). La synergologie, une lecture pseudoscientifique du langage corporel [Synergology, a pseudoscientific reading of body language]. Revue de Psychoéducation, 43(2), 425-455. http://doi.org/10.7202/1039262ar
  • Denault, V. (2014). Le polygraphe devant les tribunaux civils québécois: Croyances, science et jurisprudence [The polygraph in Quebec civil courts: Beliefs, science and case law]. Revue du Barreau, 73(1), 33-58.