Sentences with phrase «lie detection»

It follows, then, that such data should not be used in the courtroom for lie detection purposes.

Some researchers claim that they can distinguish between the activation patterns associated with lying and telling the truth and, therefore, that the technique can be used for reliable lie detection.

As a published author and speaker she runs original research experiments on topics such as the science of attraction, human lie detection, body language hacks and other people skills.

Traditional methods of lie detection include face - to - face interviews and polygraphs that measure heart rate and skin conductance.

The hearing provided the most formal legal test yet of whether fMRI lie detection meets the so - called Daubert standard for admitting evidence in federal court, and as such it could set an important precedent.

Pham noted, for example, that «there are no known error rates for fMRI - based lie detection outside the laboratory setting.»

A federal court in Tennessee heard arguments yesterday and today on whether lie detection technology based on fMRI scans of brain activity should be admitted in a criminal case involving a psychologist accused of defrauding Medicare.

[For more on lie detection, see «Portrait of a Lie,» by Matthias Gamer; Scientific American Mind, February / March 2009.]

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Handwriting analysis could eventually complement other lie detection methods and would add a new dimension because, unlike almost all other techniques, it doesn't rely on verbal communication, Luria says.

Most of my work in this area deals with the validity of conventionally applied lie detection techniques and their use in forensic settings.

Brinke LT, Stimson D, Carney DR.. Some Evidence for Unconscious Lie Detection.

Steven Laken, the president and CEO of Cephos Corp., the company in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, that conducted Semrau's tests, said the company would press ahead with efforts to admit lie detection fMRIs as evidence in court.

And in a pre-trial hearing last week for an employer retaliation case, a judge in New York rejected an attempt to introduce fMRI lie detection evidence from Cephos, the same Massachusetts - based company involved in the Tennessee case.

So perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that in lab studies of lie detection most people only perform fractionally better than by chance.

For most of us, most of the time, poor lie detection doesn't matter too much, because the majority of lies are trivial — false compliments, face - savers and the like.

Academic interests include evaluating the use of neuro - evidence in the courts, particularly in the area of lie detection with functional neuroimaging.

In his first presentation at Art Basel in Miami Beach, the 31 - year - old artist presents work that smartly addresses the social and political implications of sound — spanning lie detection, voice detection, and surveillance.

After a description of brain scan lie detection systems, we then examine the courts» use of the Tessling analogy in the context of brain privacy.

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Pham added, however, that «fMRI - based lie detection... methodology may be found to be admissible... [in the future, after] undergo [ing] further testing, development, and peer review [to] improve upon standards.»

Turing Learning could also be used in security applications, such as for lie detection or online identity verification.

But Zevin's was the first attempt to submit such data for the purposes of lie detection, and as such the case was considered a landmark.

Unlike the previous cases involving fMRI lie detection, the court in Tennessee heard testimony directly related to the scientific validity of the technology.

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Selected federal, state and administrative law judges have heard leading neuroscientists reflect on such topics as the neuroscience of violence and the brain, memory and lie detection, the adolescent brain, and states of consciousness.

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A study in the Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology shows that handwriting tests could give polygraphs a challenge for lie detection.

Jones expects that the companies offering fMRI lie detection will likely conduct new tests «to approximate real - life conditions» for lying, and focus on issues such as whether lie detection results vary depending on the age of the subject.

By itself, I wouldn't call it lie detection.

For example, lie detection based on involuntary eye movements, a method that ought to work even during a televised interview or press conference.

They became the foundation for a theory of lie detection, which posited that involuntary micro-expressions can briefly unmask deception before the liar restores a facade of honesty to their face.

New insights about the brain are changing the way the law handles cases related to adolescent decision making, the effects of drugs on the brain, memory and lie detection, and states of consciousness, among others.

Ironically, a new fMRI study confirms this, casting further doubt on the reliability of the technique for lie detection.

So can fMRI be used reliably for lie detection?

Included in the collection are titles such as the quick - thinking word game Quiplash 2, the identification game Guesspionage, the horror - themed trivia game Trivia Murder Party, the drawing game Tee K.O., and the lie detection game Fakin» It.

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