Table 3.

Means (SDs, Cohen's d) for the dependent variables used in the exploratory analyses per time and veracity

Dependent variable	Main effect veracity	Past weekend plans			Future weekend plans
		Truthful	Deceptive	Main effect veracity	Truthful	Deceptive	Main effect veracity
Richness in detail: percept	−0.12*	1.93 (1.37)	2.10 (1.26)	−0.06	1.52 (1.53)	1.99 (1.30)	−0.17*
Richness in detail: time	0.23*	8.96 (3.05)	8.09 (2.01)	0.12	8.75 (3.41)	7.16 (2.36)	0.27*
Richness in detail: space	−0.17*	8.38 (2.67)	9.02 (2.56)	−0.17	7.56 (2.96)	8.90 (3.43)	−0.21*
Function words (function)	−0.16*	53.49 (4.08)	55.35 (3.12)	−0.25*	55.89 (3.99)	56.46 (3.90)	−0.07
Personal pronouns (ppron)	−0.09	9.67 (2.70)	10.79 (2.30)	−0.22*	10.69 (2.56)	10.53 (2.53)	0.03
First person singular (i)	0.24**	6.53 (2.70)	5.15 (2.69)	0.26*	6.80 (3.54)	5.40 (2.55)	0.23*
Numbers (number)	0.12*	1.86 (1.42)	1.57 (1.03)	0.12	1.70 (1.47)	1.41 (1.04)	0.11
Persons	−0.32*	0.29 (0.49)	0.76 (0.70)	−0.39*	0.34 (0.63)	0.73 (0.77)	−0.27*
Geopolitical entities	−0.25*	0.17 (0.45)	0.48 (0.59)	−0.30*	0.27 (0.51)	0.51 (0.66)	−0.21*
Dates	0.13*	1.11 (0.77)	1.06 (0.62)	0.03	1.56 (0.98)	1.17 (0.89)	0.21*
Time	0.12*	0.54 (0.68)	0.56 (0.52)	−0.02	0.53 (0.59)	0.29 (0.42)	0.24*
Ordinal	0.17**	0.24 (0.39)	0.09 (0.20)	0.25*	0.13 (0.28)	0.09 (0.22)	0.08

Note. Negative effect sizes imply higher values in deceptive than in truthful statements.

^* p < .05.

^** p < .01.