Technology, Law, & Miscommunication

Hi there.

I'm an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University (the Netherlands). I am the recipient of a Starter Grant funded by the Dutch Government with which we study the place of AI in the Criminal Justice System.

My main work focuses around miscommunication. My dissertation allowed me to study deceptive (linguistic) behavior from a natural language processing (NLP) perspective. Since then, I have expanded my interests to the use of technology to foster (mis)communication, from studies attempting to understand why we believe in conspiracy theories, how AI is used in the criminal justice system, or how it can be leveraged to counter misinformative content.

I have trained multiple field actors on matters of deception and critical thinking, such as the French army, the French and Swiss police, insurance companies, or human resources.

Latest publications

Sancar, I., Nera, K., Schöpfer, C., & Tomas, F. (2025). Advice-Taking in Carbon Footprint Assessments: How Psychological and Cultural Factors Shape Reliance on Experts' Advice. British Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70026

Noc, M., Deslauriers-Varin, N., Tomas, F., & Ginet, M. (2025). Drawing Leads to Better Recall Than Written or Spoken Methods in the Cognitive Interview for Suspects. Psychology, Crime, and Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2025.2546386

Tomas, F., Fernandes, M., Mohr, C., & Demarchi, S. (2025). Beliefs, Confidence, and Attribution Bias regarding Deception Cues in Police Officers and Lay People. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-025-09762-6

Tomas, F., & Immerzeel, J. (2025). Chatbots in Eyewitness Interviews: Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use Drive Intent to Use Conversational Agent. Journal of Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-11-2024-0110

Latest communications

Sarkki, P., Tomas, F., & Antheunis, M. (2025). Systematic Literature Review on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Criminal Justice System. Paper presented at the European Association of Psychology and Law conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Sancar, I., Bollici, G., den Boer, R., Backus, A., Braun, N., Goudbeek, M., & Tomas, F. (2025). Ik ben depressief, estoy deprimid@, depresyondayım: Investigating the language of depression in a new multilingual spoken corpus. Paper presented at the Etmaal 2025 conference, Brugge, Belgium.

Sarkki, P., Tomas, F., & Antheunis, M. (2025). Systematic Literature Review on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Criminal Justice System. Paper presented at the Etmaal 2025 conference, Brugge, Belgium.

Tomas, F., Wortel, C., & Vanwesenbeeck, I. (2025). Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Affects Consumers' Attitudes and Behavior Towards Instagram Advertising. Poster presented at the Etmaal 2025 conference, Brugge, Belgium.

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