Detecting lies and deceit: Pitfalls and opportunities (2nd ed.).

Wiley series in the psychology of crime, policing and law.

By Vrij, Aldert

2008.

This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of deception research and discusses the working and efficacy of the most commonly used lie detection tools, including: Behaviour Analysis Interview, Statement Validity Assessment, Reality Monitoring Scientific Content Analysis, several different polygraph tests, voice stress analysis, thermal imaging, EEG-P300, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. All three aspects of deception are covered: nonverbal cues, speech and written statement analysis and (neuro)physiological responses. The most common errors in lie detection are discussed and practical guidelines are provided to help professionals improve their lie detection skills. Detecting Lies and Deceit is a resource for students, academics and professionals in psychology, criminology, policing and law. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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Journal Article

The qEEG in the lie detection problem: The localization of guilt?

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J184v09n03_03

By Thornton, Kirtley E.

Journal of Neurotherapy, Vol 9(3), 2005, 31-43.

Previous attempts by the author to discern if the qEEG could be an effective instrument in the detection of a lie resulted in positive results (100% effective, 73% of the time; Thornton, 1995). The procedure failed to make a decision in 4 of the 15 events being examined. A new design was created which requires no verbal response of the participant. The participant in the present study was presented with four instructions: (a) allow yourself to be anxious, (b) listen to stories of events of which you have no direct experience or knowledge, (c) listen to stories of self-reported true (real crimes) events which you participated in and feel guilty about your participation, and (d) block the real crime stories (events provided by participant) as they are read to you. The participant's eyes were closed during the entire collection of data and no verbal response was elicited. Analysis of the different cognitive/emotional states with qEEG measures revealed an intriguing predominant pattern of left hemisphere/posterior (dorsal) activation for the experience of anxiety, right hemisphere (right temporal, in particular) activation for the experiencing of guilt and more centrally located activations when the participant attempted to block the real stories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

These resources may interest you:

• A new approach for EEG feature extraction in P300-based lie detection.
• The truth will out: Interrogative polygraphy ("lie detection") with event-related brain potentials.

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