Vincent Denault
Biographic Data
| ID | 4152303 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent Denault |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent |
| FAMILY NAME | Denault |
| SIGNATURE | DENAULT V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7602-594X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding the impact of neurodiversity on witness credibility assessment in Courts, Tribunals and Commissions
This Australian-first study offers insights into how judges, magistrates, tribunal and commission members assess neurodivergent witnesses’ credibility and the reliability of their testimony. It presents their opinions about overt witness behaviours or presentations that may impact the assessment of credibility and reliability. It also examines their knowledge of and attitudes towards neurodiversity. Using a cross-sectional anonymous online survey…
Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions
Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with disclosure in their courtrooms and hearing rooms. A cross‐sectional online survey captured data about how they as…
Face Masks and Interpersonal Perceptions
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many courtrooms implemented physical distancing protocols, including face-mask requirements for testifying witnesses. These precautions prompted debate among academics and practitioners about whether face coverings might impair jurors’ ability to assess a witness’s credibility. To examine this question, we conducted two experimental studies using simulated video-recorded testimony. We hypothesized that face masks wou…
He posted/she posted
Drawing on communication affordance theory and literature on victim blaming, rape myths, and violence against women, this study uses a qualitative content analysis of 108 publicly available court judgements to examine the use of social media evidence in sexual assault trials in Canada. Our findings indicate that the defense and the prosecution use social media’s affordance of digital association to establish relational ties between victims and de…
Beliefs about deception in Australia
Research addressing beliefs about deception has been mostly conducted with North American and European participants. However, deception belief consequences are not continent-bound. In legal proceedings, when jurors are responsible for assessing witness credibility, beliefs about deception can distort the outcome of jury trials, which are integral to Australia's criminal justice system. Research on beliefs about deception in Australia are scarce. …
A Review of Automatic Lie Detection from Facial Features
Facial Reactivity to Emotional Stimuli is Related to Empathic Concern, Empathic Distress, and Depressive Symptoms in Social Work Students
Helping professionals are exposed daily to the emotional burden of their vulnerable clients and are at risk of unconscious emotional contagion that may lead to stress and emotional distress. Being aware of their own susceptibility to emotional contagion, however, can improve their well-being. This study aimed to propose an objective measure of emotional contagion, complementary to the Emotional Contagion Scale, and to evaluate its construct and p…
The transition to scientific research and the fallout of speaking publicly
Despite decades of research and thousands of peer-reviewed articles on nonverbal communication written by a worldwide community of academics, a number of people in position of power, including security, justice and legal practitioners have embraced "body language" pseudoscience. This autoethnography aims to offer an otherwise inaccessible glimpse of the process a person can go through when turning to and away from pseudoscience. To achieve this o…
‘But her age was not given on her Facebook profile’
This paper examines the role of social media evidence in sexual assault trials in Canada, focusing on cases with underage female victims. Teenage girls are among the heaviest social media users and face unique expectations regarding the performance of heteronormative gender norms. Society simultaneously encourages girls to enact gender roles that emphasize their femininity and sexuality and punishes them for acting according to these standards. W…
Darwin's illegitimate children
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals has received and continues to receive much attention from emotion researchers and behavioural scientists. However, the common misconception that Darwin advocated for the universality of emotional reactions has led to a host of unfounded and discredited claims promoted by ‘body language experts’ on both traditional and social media. These ‘experts’ receive unparalleled public attention. Thus, rathe…
Justice and Nonverbal Communication in a Post-pandemic World
La communication non verbale dans les médias télévisuels
Depuis au moins une dizaine d’années, les médias télévisuels font la promotion d’idées reçues sur les gestes et les expressions faciales. Des séries policières présentent l’analyse de la communication non verbale comme un outil qui, pour les professionnels de la justice, permettrait de distinguer efficacement la vérité des mensonges. De plus, des intervenants, présentés explicitement ou non comme des body language experts, proposent des « décrypt…
Réagir au dévoilement de soi dans un forum de discussions pour les personnes vivant avec un cancer
Le dévoilement de soi occupe une part significative des interventions initiales des fils de discussions sur les plateformes numériques de soutien social. Si ce type d’intervention répond au besoin des participants de s’exprimer, de partager leurs émotions, il pose des défis aux interlocuteurs en raison de l’absence de demande explicite de soutien. L’analyse des interactions d’un forum de soutien social en ligne pour personnes atteintes d’un cance…
The detection of deception during trials
In their paper ‘Evaluating credibility of witnesses—Are we instructing jurors on invalid factors?’, Vrij and Turgeon (2018) argue that jurors should be advised not to consider demeanour when trying to evaluate if witnesses are honest or dishonest because of ‘overwhelming scientific evidence’. However, in this response, we contend that substantial empirical scientific studies on nonverbal communication alongside the limitations of deception detect…
Droit et communication
Darwin's illegitimate children
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals has received and continues to receive much attention from emotion researchers and behavioural scientists. However, the common misconception that Darwin advocated for the universality of emotional reactions has led to a host of unfounded and discredited claims promoted by ‘body language experts’ on both traditional and social media. These ‘experts’ receive unparalleled public attention. Thus, rathe…
He posted/she posted
Drawing on communication affordance theory and literature on victim blaming, rape myths, and violence against women, this study uses a qualitative content analysis of 108 publicly available court judgements to examine the use of social media evidence in sexual assault trials in Canada. Our findings indicate that the defense and the prosecution use social media’s affordance of digital association to establish relational ties between victims and de…
The detection of deception during trials
In their paper ‘Evaluating credibility of witnesses—Are we instructing jurors on invalid factors?’, Vrij and Turgeon (2018) argue that jurors should be advised not to consider demeanour when trying to evaluate if witnesses are honest or dishonest because of ‘overwhelming scientific evidence’. However, in this response, we contend that substantial empirical scientific studies on nonverbal communication alongside the limitations of deception detect…
Droit et communication
The detection of deception during trials
In their paper ‘Evaluating credibility of witnesses—Are we instructing jurors on invalid factors?’, Vrij and Turgeon (2018) argue that jurors should be advised not to consider demeanour when trying to evaluate if witnesses are honest or dishonest because of ‘overwhelming scientific evidence’. However, in this response, we contend that substantial empirical scientific studies on nonverbal communication alongside the limitations of deception detect…
Réagir au dévoilement de soi dans un forum de discussions pour les personnes vivant avec un cancer
Le dévoilement de soi occupe une part significative des interventions initiales des fils de discussions sur les plateformes numériques de soutien social. Si ce type d’intervention répond au besoin des participants de s’exprimer, de partager leurs émotions, il pose des défis aux interlocuteurs en raison de l’absence de demande explicite de soutien. L’analyse des interactions d’un forum de soutien social en ligne pour personnes atteintes d’un cance…
Justice and Nonverbal Communication in a Post-pandemic World
La communication non verbale dans les médias télévisuels
Depuis au moins une dizaine d’années, les médias télévisuels font la promotion d’idées reçues sur les gestes et les expressions faciales. Des séries policières présentent l’analyse de la communication non verbale comme un outil qui, pour les professionnels de la justice, permettrait de distinguer efficacement la vérité des mensonges. De plus, des intervenants, présentés explicitement ou non comme des body language experts, proposent des « décrypt…
‘But her age was not given on her Facebook profile’
This paper examines the role of social media evidence in sexual assault trials in Canada, focusing on cases with underage female victims. Teenage girls are among the heaviest social media users and face unique expectations regarding the performance of heteronormative gender norms. Society simultaneously encourages girls to enact gender roles that emphasize their femininity and sexuality and punishes them for acting according to these standards. W…
Darwin's illegitimate children
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals has received and continues to receive much attention from emotion researchers and behavioural scientists. However, the common misconception that Darwin advocated for the universality of emotional reactions has led to a host of unfounded and discredited claims promoted by ‘body language experts’ on both traditional and social media. These ‘experts’ receive unparalleled public attention. Thus, rathe…
Facial Reactivity to Emotional Stimuli is Related to Empathic Concern, Empathic Distress, and Depressive Symptoms in Social Work Students
Helping professionals are exposed daily to the emotional burden of their vulnerable clients and are at risk of unconscious emotional contagion that may lead to stress and emotional distress. Being aware of their own susceptibility to emotional contagion, however, can improve their well-being. This study aimed to propose an objective measure of emotional contagion, complementary to the Emotional Contagion Scale, and to evaluate its construct and p…
The transition to scientific research and the fallout of speaking publicly
Despite decades of research and thousands of peer-reviewed articles on nonverbal communication written by a worldwide community of academics, a number of people in position of power, including security, justice and legal practitioners have embraced "body language" pseudoscience. This autoethnography aims to offer an otherwise inaccessible glimpse of the process a person can go through when turning to and away from pseudoscience. To achieve this o…
A Review of Automatic Lie Detection from Facial Features
Face Masks and Interpersonal Perceptions
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many courtrooms implemented physical distancing protocols, including face-mask requirements for testifying witnesses. These precautions prompted debate among academics and practitioners about whether face coverings might impair jurors’ ability to assess a witness’s credibility. To examine this question, we conducted two experimental studies using simulated video-recorded testimony. We hypothesized that face masks wou…
He posted/she posted
Drawing on communication affordance theory and literature on victim blaming, rape myths, and violence against women, this study uses a qualitative content analysis of 108 publicly available court judgements to examine the use of social media evidence in sexual assault trials in Canada. Our findings indicate that the defense and the prosecution use social media’s affordance of digital association to establish relational ties between victims and de…
Beliefs about deception in Australia
Research addressing beliefs about deception has been mostly conducted with North American and European participants. However, deception belief consequences are not continent-bound. In legal proceedings, when jurors are responsible for assessing witness credibility, beliefs about deception can distort the outcome of jury trials, which are integral to Australia's criminal justice system. Research on beliefs about deception in Australia are scarce. …
Understanding the impact of neurodiversity on witness credibility assessment in Courts, Tribunals and Commissions
This Australian-first study offers insights into how judges, magistrates, tribunal and commission members assess neurodivergent witnesses’ credibility and the reliability of their testimony. It presents their opinions about overt witness behaviours or presentations that may impact the assessment of credibility and reliability. It also examines their knowledge of and attitudes towards neurodiversity. Using a cross-sectional anonymous online survey…
Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions
Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with disclosure in their courtrooms and hearing rooms. A cross‐sectional online survey captured data about how they as…
Psychology (10 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Credibility (4 works) · Law in Society and Culture (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (4 works)