Simple, effective countermeasures to P300-based tests of detection of concealed information

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-219

  Rosenfeld, J Peter ^a   Soskins, Matthew ^a   Bosh, Gregory ^a   Ryan, Andrew ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Defense Polygraph Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Guilty knowledge tests; Lie detection; P300; Psychophysiological detection of deception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 1942536610     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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