lie detector

     

Lie etection is the practice of determining whether someone is lying. Activities of the body not easily controlled by the conscious mind are compared under different circumstances. Usually this involves asking the subject control questions where the answers are known to the examiner and comparing them to questions where the answers are not known.

Trivia about lie detector

  • Generally, the results of one of these tests, aka polygraphs, are not admissible evidence
  • This police tool records breathing, blood pressure, perspiration & pulse to show if you're being truthful
  • You might have to put F. Lee Bailey on one to admit he had a show about one
  • 1st used in police work by Berkeley, Ca.'s chief August Vollmer in the 1920s, this tool measures pulse, B.P. & respiration
  • A polygraph
  • Don't sweat it, just tell us "the box" is this investigative machine