Biography

I hold BA (2005) and MA (2012) degrees in Psychology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. In 2014, I joined the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate Programme in Legal Psychology. I was supervised by Professors Aldert Vrij and Lorraine Hope and Dr. Samantha Mann at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú and by Professors Pär Anders Granhag and Leif Strömwall at the University of Gothenburg. I completed my PhD in September 2017 and continued working in Prof. Vrij's research lab. I have been working since then on different projects funded by the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) and by the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG).

Research interests

My doctoral thesis project examined various interview techniques that enhance lie detection in forensic contexts. I was specifically interested in interview techniques that elicit differences in statement consistency between lie tellers and truth tellers. I continue to examine novel interview techniques and how they affect the elicitation of verbal cues. I am specifically interested in the effects of sketch-based interviews and of opinion-based interviews on different types of details (e.g., PLATO details, complications).

Research outputs

2024

Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

19 Nov 2024, In: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Deeb, H., Dib, G., Hypšová, P., Leal, S., Mann, S., Palena, N., Vrij, A.

21 Oct 2024, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 45, 5, p. 934-962, 29p.

Burkhardt, J., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

19 Sep 2024, In: Behavioral Sciences. 14, 9, 15p., 839

Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

1 Aug 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4232

Deeb, H., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

12 Jul 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4227

Burkhardt, J., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Vernham, Z., Vrij, A.

3 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Dabrowna, O., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

31 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Deeb, H., Giorgianni, D., Hypšová, P., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

1 Jan 2024, In: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. 16, 1, p. 1-15

2023

Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

19 Sep 2023, In: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Dabrowna, O., Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

22 Jul 2023, In: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. 15, 2, p. 53-61