ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on deception research in sport, a growing body of work emerging from the broader research base on anticipation. It highlights a number of areas that should prove fruitful in working towards a comprehensive theory of deception detection in which the implications for performers and coaches can be more fully understood. The distinction between disguise and deception is clear when considering response accuracy in a forced-choice task. Entirely successful disguise would reduce response accuracy to chance level, whereas entirely successful deception would result in every response being incorrect. In analysing the time course of information pickup in responses to deceptive actions, most researchers have shown an earlier increase in response accuracy in more skilled players, indicating they are able to use such information to recognise deception. Researchers have significantly advanced knowledge of how individuals perceive deceptive intent from bodily actions and contextual cues.
