Journal article
Are There Alternatives to Traditional Polygraph Procedures?
Psychological bulletin, v 113(1), pp 3-22
Jan 1993
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Abstract
The most commonly used method for detecting deception is based on the assumption that lies given by a person in response to critical questions posed during a polygraph examination will elicit an identifiable pattern of autonomic reactivity. Critics of this method argue that a polygraph examination cannot detect lying because lying does not produce a distinct physiological response. They assert that the possession of information only the guilty person would be expected to have can be revealed in a polygraph examination, however, by the pattern of autonomic arousal presentation of this information elicits in a person who possesses it. In this article, the position is taken that the dependence of both procedures on autonomic measures diminishes their effectiveness and inhibits the development of alternatives. A few studies are reviewed that suggest that measures of brain electrical activity can be used to infer the possession of information in persons attempting to conceal it.
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- Title
- Are There Alternatives to Traditional Polygraph Procedures?
- Creators
- Theodore R Bashore - University of Northern ColoradoPaul E Rapp - Department of Physiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Psychological bulletin, v 113(1), pp 3-22
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1993KF47800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-12044258828
- Other Identifier
- 991019330798404721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary