Some of the papers below are followed by a link in PDF format which can be selected and viewed

• Bao, X., Xu, F., Talwar, V., & Lee, K. (in press). Prosocial lying in children: from concept to action. Child Development
  
  
• Bala, N., Lee, K., Lindsay, R.C.L. & Talwar, V. (2010). The competency of children to testify: Psychological research informing Canadian law reform. International Journal of Children’s Rights, 18, 53 - 77.
  
  
• Rasmussen, C., Talwar, V., & Wyper, K. (2009). The Relation between Theory of Mind and Executive Functions in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Research Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 16,370-380
  
  
• Talwar, V., Crossman, A.M., Renaud, S-J., Williams, S. (2009). Pants on fire? Detecting children’s lies. Applied Developmental Psychology, 13, 119-129.
  
  
  
• Talwar, V., & Lee, K. (2008) Socio-cognitive correlates of children’s lying behaviour: Conceptual understanding of lying, executive functioning, and false beliefs. Child Development, 79, 866-881.

• Leach, A.M, Lindsay, R.C.L, Koehla, R., Beaudry, J.L., Bala, N., Lee, K., & Talwar, V. (2008). The reliability of lie detection performance. Law and Human Behaviour. 33, 96-109.
  
  
• Lyon, T. D., Quas, J. A., Malloy, L.C., & Talwar, V. (2008). Coaching, truth induction, and young maltreated children’s false allegations and false denials. Child Development, 79, 914-929.
  
  
• Rasmussen, C., Talwar, V., Loomes, C., & Andrews, G. H. (2007). Lie-telling in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33, 220-225
  
  
• Talwar, V., Gordon, H., & Lee, K.. (2007) “Lie-telling behavior in school-age children.” Developmental Psychology,43, 804-810.
  
  
• Talwar, V., Murphy S., Lee, K. (2007) White lie-telling in children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 31, 1-11 (PDF)
  
  
• Talwar, V., Lee, K., Bala, N. & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2006) Adults’ judgments of child witness credibility and veracity. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 561-570. (PDF)
  
  
• Talwar, V., Lee, K., Lindsay, R.C.L., & Bala, N. (2004). Children's Lie-Telling to Conceal Parents' Transgressions: Legal Implications. Law and Human Behavior, 28 411-435. (PDF)
  
  
• Leach, A-M., Talwar, V., Lee, K., Bala, N., & Lindsay, R.C.L. (2004). “Intuitive” lie detection of children’s deception by law enforcement officials and university students, 28 Law and Human Behavior 661-685.
  
  
• Talwar, V. & Lee, K. (2002). Development of Lying to Conceal a Transgression: Children's Control of Expressive Behavior during Verbal Deception. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26, 436-444. (PDF)
  
  
• Talwar, V. & Lee, K. (2002). Emergence of White-Lie Telling in Children Between 3 and 7 Years of Age. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 48, 160-181. (PDF)
  
  
• Talwar, V., Lee, K., Bala, N., & Lindsay, R.C.L. (2002). Children's Conceptual Knowledge of Lying and Its Relation to Their Actual Behaviors: Implications for Court Competence Examinations. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 395-415. (PDF)
  
  
• Lee, K., Cameron, C. A., Doucette, J., & Talwar, V. (2002) Phantoms and Fabrications: Young Children’s Detection of Implausible Lies. Child Development, 73, 1688-1702. (PDF)
  
  
• Bala, N., Lee, K., Lindsay, R., & Talwar, V. (2001). A Legal and Psychological Critique of the Present Approach to the Assessment of the Competence of Child Witnesses. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 38 (3), 409-541
  
  
• Brief on Bill C-20. The reform of the Child Witness Competence Inquiry. Submitted to the House of Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights. (PDF).