Vincent Denault

Vincent Denault is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology of McGill University. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication (University of Montreal, 2020) and a Master of Laws (University of Quebec in Montreal, 2015). His research focuses on issues related to witness testimony, credibility assessment, deception detection, and nonverbal behavior in courtrooms. Vincent Denault is the co-founder and co-director of the Center for Studies in Nonverbal Communication Sciences of the Research Center of the Montreal Mental Health University Institute.

Publications

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 [Science in the service of practice: Investigations, trials and justice]. 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., & Patterson, M. (2020). Justice and nonverbal communication in a post-pandemic world: An evidence-based commentary and cautionary statement for lawyers and judges. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. Advance online publication. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-020-00339-x

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