#polygraph tests

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

One of the things authors of true crime documentaries and books do that annoy me is when they say, "They passed a lie detector test," as if that means the person is innocent/guilty. Everyone who has ever watched Criminal Minds or Law and Order knows that lie detector tests are notoriously unreliable.

[gwydionmisha]

White House Reportedly Tells Hegseth To Stop Polygraph Tests As Senior Official Believe They Could Be Targeted Next

The White House reportedly directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to stop using polygraph tests to search for people who have leaked inform

[precisionbackgroundscreening]

Polygraph Tests & How They Work - Precision Background Screening

Most psychologists agree that there is little evidence that polygraph tests can accurately detect lies. Here is why ploygraphs are not fully reliable.

Polygraph tests also known as lie detector tests have been around for a while, but how exactly do they work? Let’s take a look.

[uncutindia]

Delhi police conduct Polygraph tests on 6 in Sunanda Case

Delhi police conduct Polygraph tests on 6 in Sunanda Case

Special team of Delhi Police probing the Sunanda Pushkar murder case on Monday conducted a polygraph test on 6 close aides of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor. Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said the test was conducted on Tharoor’s domestic help Narain Singh, his driver Bajrangi and his friend Sanjay Dewan. Three others — S K Sharma, Vikas Ahlawat and Sunil Takru — had also undergone the…

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[geeksaladshow-blog]

Episode Three: Lying

Lying and deception is the theme for this week's show. Honestly.

Plus, what would it be like if you couldn't tell the truth for a whole afternoon? Will Park takes part in an experiment to find out.

[mynxsmusings]

Maury and Steve Wilkos piss me off

with their lie detector tests. If polygraph tests results are not permissible in a court of law, what right do you have, as a tv show host, to present these results like they are fact? These things ruin people's lives and they tote lie detector results around like they actually mean something. Polygraph graph tests have very little credibility in the science community and is actually considered to be something of a "pseudoscience." 

But it's not entirely their faults, its also the guests that come on their shows thinking that polygraphs actually work and want to use it as a valid method of detection. Please do research.

[criminalwisdom]

"One of the first suggestions is constricting your anal sphincter muscle. It sounds strange, but it actually helps raise your blood pressure. When you answer a control question for the lie detector test and your blood pressure is high, if it happens to be high when you answer a regular question this will look more normal and render the test inconclusive."