Polygraph Tests - Benefits and Challenges

This research describes the working, benefits and challengers of polygraph tests. Polygraph tests are lie-detecting devices that help ascertain individuals’ honesty based on physiological indicators. The heart rate/blood pressure, respiration, and skin responses are the three indicators measured in...

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Autor principal:	Panthayil Babu Rajan
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Publicado:	Academicus 2019
Materias:	polygraph; autonomic responses; truthfulness; dishonesty; misclassification Social Sciences H Economics as a science HB71-74
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7b575887f5414587b7a2fbf6ad7215482021-12-02T15:00:03ZPolygraph Tests - Benefits and Challenges2079-37152309-108810.7336/academicus.2019.19.10https://doaj.org/article/7b575887f5414587b7a2fbf6ad7215482019-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.academicus.edu.al/nr19/Academicus-MMXIX-19-146-155.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2079-3715https://doaj.org/toc/2309-1088This research describes the working, benefits and challengers of polygraph tests. Polygraph tests are lie-detecting devices that help ascertain individuals’ honesty based on physiological indicators. The heart rate/blood pressure, respiration, and skin responses are the three indicators measured in the test to assess honest/deceitful behavior. The underlying assumption behind the working of polygraph tests is that the autonomic responses of dishonest individuals are distinctively different from those of honest people because the liars will be more nervous than truth tellers. Control Question Test (CQT), Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT) or Concealed Information Test (CIT) and Neuroscience-Based Advanced Polygraph Tests are the important types of polygraph tests used today. Polygraph tests are used to detect truthfulness of individuals in such important fields as crime investigation departments, national security agencies, and business and industry. However, accuracy of polygraph tests and ethical issues associated with the tests are highly debated.Panthayil Babu RajanAcademicusarticlepolygraph; autonomic responses; truthfulness; dishonesty; misclassificationSocial SciencesHEconomics as a scienceHB71-74ENAcademicus International Scientific Journal, Vol MMXIX, Iss 19, Pp 146-155 (2019)
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description	This research describes the working, benefits and challengers of polygraph tests. Polygraph tests are lie-detecting devices that help ascertain individuals’ honesty based on physiological indicators. The heart rate/blood pressure, respiration, and skin responses are the three indicators measured in the test to assess honest/deceitful behavior. The underlying assumption behind the working of polygraph tests is that the autonomic responses of dishonest individuals are distinctively different from those of honest people because the liars will be more nervous than truth tellers. Control Question Test (CQT), Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT) or Concealed Information Test (CIT) and Neuroscience-Based Advanced Polygraph Tests are the important types of polygraph tests used today. Polygraph tests are used to detect truthfulness of individuals in such important fields as crime investigation departments, national security agencies, and business and industry. However, accuracy of polygraph tests and ethical issues associated with the tests are highly debated.
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Polygraph Tests - Benefits and Challenges

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