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Victoria Talwar

Victoria Talwar

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Psychology

D-Index
36
Citations
6773
World Ranking
9430
National Ranking
640

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Victoria Talwar is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research spans primarily the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology as key subfields. Other notable subfields include Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science, and Education.

Talwar's work covers a variety of main topics related to developmental and forensic psychology. These include:

  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Their recent papers illustrate the scope and diversity within these topics. Selected publications include:

  • "Childhood Ethics: An ontological advancement for childhood studies" (2020) published in Children & Society
  • "When you think you know: The effectiveness of restrictive mediation on parental awareness of cyberbullying experiences among children and adolescents" (2020) in Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace
  • "Meta-analysis of the effects of two interviewing practices on children's disclosures of sensitive information: Rapport practices and question type" (2021) in Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "The role of empathy in children's costly prosocial lie-telling behaviour" (2020) published in Infant and Child Development
  • "The thing is, it follows you everywhere": Child and adolescent conceptions of cyberbullying" (2022) in Computers in Human Behavior

Talwar collaborates frequently with several coauthors, demonstrating a consistent network of academic partnership. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Sandra Bosacki
  • Angela M. Crossman
  • Oksana Caivano
  • Joshua Wyman
  • Jennifer Lavoie

Their publications are commonly found in journals with a focus on child psychology and development. Frequent venues where Talwar publishes include:

  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • Applied Developmental Science
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Adolescents
  • Infant and Child Development

Talwar has contributed to book literature through the American Psychological Association, notably with the publication of the book Truth About Lying in 2022.

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2016, signaling peer recognition within the professional community.

Best Publications

  • Social and Cognitive Correlates of Children’s Lying Behavior

    Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee

  • Development of lying to conceal a transgression: Children’s control of expressive behaviour during verbal deception

    Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee

  • Lying in the elementary school years : Verbal deception and its relation to second-order belief understanding

    Victoria Talwar;Heidi M. Gordon;Kang Lee

  • White lie-telling in children for politeness purposes

    Victoria Talwar;Susan M. Murphy;Kang Lee

  • Children's Conceptual Knowledge of Lying and its Relation to Their Actual Behaviors: Implications for Court Competence Examinations

    Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee;Nicholas Bala;R. C. L. Lindsay

  • Emergence of White-Lie Telling in Children Between 3 and 7 Years of Age

    Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee

  • Children's Lie-Telling to Conceal a Parent's Transgression: Legal Implications

    Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee;Nicholas Bala;R. C. L. Lindsay

  • From little white lies to filthy liars: the evolution of honesty and deception in young children.

    Victoria Talwar;Angela Crossman

  • Coaching, Truth Induction, and Young Maltreated Children’s False Allegations and False Denials

    Thomas D. Lyon;Lindsay C. Malloy;Jodi A. Quas;Victoria A. Talwar

  • Lying and Truth-Telling in Children: From Concept to Action

    Fen Xu;Xuehua Bao;Genyue Fu;Victoria Talwar

  • Predictors of children’s prosocial lie-telling: Motivation, socialization variables, and moral understanding

    Mina Popliger;Victoria Talwar;Angela Crossman

  • Can Classic Moral Stories Promote Honesty in Children

    Kang Lee;Victoria Talwar;Anjanie McCarthy;Ilana Ross

  • The role of executive functions and theory of mind in children's prosocial lie-telling.

    Shanna Williams;Kelsey Moore;Angela M. Crossman;Victoria Talwar

  • “Intuitive” Lie Detection of Children’s Deception by Law Enforcement Officials and University Students

    Amy-May Leach;Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee;Nicholas Bala

  • A punitive environment fosters children's dishonesty: a natural experiment.

    Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee

  • Children's lies and their detection: Implications for child witness testimony

    Victoria Talwar;Angela M. Crossman

  • Adults’ Judgments of Children's Coached Reports

    Victoria Talwar;Kang Lee;Nicholas Bala;R. C. L. Lindsay

  • Phantoms and Fabrications: Young Children's Detection of Implausible Lies

    Kang Lee;Catherine Ann Cameron;Joanne Doucette;Victoria Talwar

  • The relation between theory of mind and executive functions in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

    Carmen Rasmussen;Katy Wyper;Victoria Talwar

  • The Analysis of Nonverbal Communication: The Dangers of Pseudoscience in Security and Justice Contexts

    Vincent Denault;Pierrich Plusquellec;Louise M. Jupe;Michel St-Yves

  • Young Deceivers: Executive Functioning and Antisocial Lie‐telling in Preschool Aged Children

    Shanna Williams;Karissa Leduc;Angela Crossman;Victoria Talwar

  • Lie-Telling Behavior in Children With Autism and Its Relation to False-Belief Understanding:

    Victoria Talwar;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Keith J. Goulden;Shazeen Manji

Frequent Co-Authors

Kang Lee
Kang Lee University of Toronto
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Daniel A. Waschbusch
Daniel A. Waschbusch Pennsylvania State University
Pär Anders Granhag
Pär Anders Granhag University of Gothenburg
William E. Pelham
William E. Pelham Florida International University
Judee K. Burgoon
Judee K. Burgoon University of Arizona
Ray Bull
Ray Bull University of Derby
Samantha Mann
Samantha Mann University of Portsmouth
Jeffrey T. Hancock
Jeffrey T. Hancock Stanford University
Maria Hartwig
Maria Hartwig John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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