Psychopathy and physiological detection of concealed information: A review

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 99-116

  Verschuere, Bruno ^a,b   Crombez, Geert ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a   Uzieblo, Katarzyna ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750080174     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-46-1-2-99     Document Type: Review

References (66)

1. Arnett, P.A. (1997). Autonomic responsivity in psychopaths: a critical review and theoretical proposal. Clinical Psychology Review, 17, 903-936.
2. Balloun, K.D., & Holmes, D.S. (1979). Effects of repeated examinations on the ability to detect guilt with a polygraph examination: A laboratory experiment with a real crime. Journal of Applied Psychology, 64, 316-322.
3. Bashore, T.R., & Rapp, P.E. (1993). Are there alternatives to traditional polygraphs? Psychological Bulletin, 113, 3-22.
4. Bauer, R.M. (1984). Autonomic recognition of names and faces in prosopagnosia -A neuropsychological application of the guilty knowledge test. Neuropsychologia, 22, 457-469.
5. Beauchaine, T. (2001). Vagal tone, development, and Gray's motivational theory: Toward an integrated model of autonomic nervous system functioning in psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 183-214.
6. Benning, S.D., Patrick, C.J., Bloningen, D.M., Hicks, B.M., & Iacono, W.G. (2005). Estimating facets of psychopathy from normal personality traits: A step towards community-epidemiological investigations. Assessment, 12, 3-18.
7. Benning, S.D., Patrick, C.J., Hicks, B.M., Bloningen, D.M., & Krueger, R.F. (2003). Factor structure of the Psychopathy Personality Inventory: Validity and implications for clinical assessment Psychological Assessment, 15, 340-350.
8. Ben-Shakhar, G., Bar-Hillel, M., & Kremnitzer, M. (2002). Trial by polygraph: reconsidering the use of the guilty knowledge technique in court. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 527-541.
9. Ben-Shakhar, G., & Elaad, E. (2003). The validity of psychophysiological detection of information with the Guilty Knowledge Test: A meta-analytic interview. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 131-151.
10. Ben-Shakhar, G., & Furedy, J. (1990). Theories and applications in the detection of deception. New York: Springer-Verlag.
11. Brennan, P.A., Raine, A., Schlusinger, F., KirkegaardSorenson, L., Knop, J., Hutchings, B., Rosenberg, R., & Mednick, S.A. (1997). Psychophysiological protective factors for male subjects at high risk for criminal behavior. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, 853-855.
12. Burgoon, J.K. (2000). Testing for the motivation impairement effect during deceptive and truthful interaction. Western Journal of Communication, 64, 243-267.
13. Cleckley, H. (1941). The mask of sanity. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
14. DePaulo, B.M., Lindsay, J.J., Malone, B.E., Muhlenbruck, L., Charlton, K., & Cooper, H. (2003). Cues to deception. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 74-118.
15. Elaad, E. (1990). Detection of guilty knowledge in real-life criminal investigations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75, 521-529.
16. Elaad, E., & Ben-Shakhar, G. (1991). Effects of mental countermeasures on psychophysiological detection in the guilty knowledge test. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 11, 99-108.
17. Elaad, E., Ginton, A., & Jungman, N. (1992). Detection measures in real-life criminal guilty knowledge tests. Journal of Applied Psychology, 77, 757-767.
18. Eysenck, H.J. (1964). Crime and personality. London: Methuen.
19. Farwell, L.A., & Donchin, E. (1991). The truth will out: Interrogative polygraphy ("lie detection") with event-related potentials. Psychophysiology, 28, 531-547.
20. Fung, M.T., Raine, A., Loeber, R., Lynam, D.R., Steinhauer, S.R., Venables, P.H., & Stoutharner-Loeber, M. (2005). Reduced electrodermal activity in psychopathyprone adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 187-196.
21. Gorenstein, E.E., & Newman, J.P. (1980). Disinhibitory psychopathology: A new perspective and a model for research. Psychological Review, 87, 199-204.
22. Gough, H.G. (1956). California psychological inventory. Palo Alto, UK: Consulting Psychologists Press.
23. Gray, J.A. (1987). The psychology of fear and stress. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
24. Gudjonsson, G.H. (1982). Some psychological determinants of electrodermal responses to deception. Personality and Individual Differences, 3, 381-391.
25. Hare, R.D. (2003). The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised: Second Edition. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems.
26. Hare, R.D., Hart, S.D., & Harpur, T.J. (1991). Psychopathy and the DSM-IV criteria for antisocial personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 391-398.
27. Harpur, T.J., & Hare, R.D. (1994). Assessment of psychopathy as a function of age. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 604-609.
28. Harpur, T.J., Hare, R.D., & Hakstian, A.R. (1989). Two-factor conceptualization of psychopathy: Construct validity and assessment. Psychological Assessment, 1, 6-17.
29. Hathaway, S.R., & McKinley, J.C. (1943). The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
30. Herpertz, S.C., Mueller, I.R., Wenning, B., Qunabi, M., Lichterfeld, C., & Herpertz-Dahlman, B. (2003). Autonomic responses in boys with externalizing disorders. Journal of Neural Transmission, 110, 1181-1195.
31. Herpertz, S.C., Werth, U., Lucas, G., Qunabi, M., Schuerkens, A., Kunert, H.J., Freese, R., Flesch, M., Mueller, I.R., Osterheider, M., & Sas, H. (2001). Emotion in criminal offenders with psychopathy and borderline personality disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 58, 737-745.
32. Hira, S., & Furumitsu, I. (2002). Polygraphic examinations in Japan: Applications of the guilty knowledge test in forensic investigations. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 4, 16-27.
33. Honts, C.R. (1994). Physiological detection of deception. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 3, 77-82.
34. Honts, C.R. (2003). The psychophysiological detection of deception. In P.A. Granhag & L.A. Strömwall (Eds), The Detection of Deception in Forensic Contexts (pp. 103-123). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
35. Honts, C., & Amato, S. (2002). Countermeasures. In M. Kleiner (Ed.), Handbook of polygraph testing (pp.251-264). London: Academic Press.
36. Iacono, W.G., & Lykken, D.T. (1997). The validity of the lie detector: Two surveys of scientific opinion. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82, 426-433.
37. Kiehl, K.A., Hare, R.D., Liddle, P.F., & McDonald, J.J. (1999). Reduced P300 responses in criminal psychopaths during a visual oddball task. Biological Psychiatry, 45, 1498-1507.
38. Kosson, D.S., Steuerwald, B.L., Newman, J.P., & Widom, C.S. (1994). The relation between socialisation and antisocial behaviour, substance abuse, and family conflict in college students. Journal of Personality Assessment, 63, 473-488.
39. Lang, P.J., Bradley, M.M., & Cuthbert B.N. (1997). Emotion, attention, and the startle reflex. Psychological Review, 97, 377-395.
40. Lang, P.J., Bradley, M.M., & Cuthbert, B.N. (1999). The International Affective Picture System (IAPS): Technical manual and affective ratings. Gainesville, FL: Center for the study of emotion and attention, University of Florida.
41. Langleben, D.D., Schroeder, L., Maldjian, J.A., Gur, R.C., McDonald, S., Ragland, J.D., O'Brian, C.P., & Childress, A.R. (2002). Brain activity during simulated deception: An event-related functional magnetic resonance study. Neuroimage, 15, 721-732.
42. Levenston, O.K., Patrick, C.J., Bradley, M.M., & Lang, P.J. (2000). The psychopath as observer: Emotion and attention in picture processing. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 373-385.
43. Lilienfeld, S.O., & Andrews, B.P. (1996). Development and preliminary evidence of a self-report measurement of psychopathic traits in noncriminal populations. Journal of Personality Assessment, 66, 488-524.
44. Lorber, M.F. (2004). Psychophysiology of agression, psychopathy, and conduct problems: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 130, 531-552.
45. Lykken, D.T. (1957). A study of anxiety in the sociopathic personality. Journal of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology, 55, 6-10.
46. Lykken, D.T. (1974). Psychology and the lie detector industry. American Psychologist, 29, 725-739
47. Lykken, D.T. (1995). The Antisocial Personalities. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
48. MacLaren, V. (2001). A quantitative review of the Guilty Knowledge test. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 674-683.
49. Miller, A.R., & Rosenfeld, J.P. (2004). Response-specific scalp distributions in deception detection and ERP correlates of psychopathic personality traits. Journal of Psychophysiology, 18, 13-26.
50. Nakayama, M. (2002). Practical use of the concealed information test for criminal investigations in Japan. In M. Kleiner (Ed.), Handbook of polygraph testing (pp. 1-47). London: Academic Press.
51. National Research Council (2003). The polygraph and lie detection. Committee to review the scientific evidence on the Polygraph. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
52. Patrick, C.J., Berthot, B.D., & Moore, J.D. (1996). Diazepam blocks fear-potentiated startle in humans. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 89-96.
53. Patrick, C.J., Bradley, M.M., & Lang, P.J. (1993). Emotion in the criminal psychopath - Startle reflex modulation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 82-92.
54. Pastor, M.C., Molto, J., Vila, J., & Lang, P.J. (2003). Startle reflex modulation, affective ratings and autonomic reactivity in incarcerated Spanish psychopaths. Psychophysiology, 40, 34-938.
55. Raine, A. (1997). Psychophysiology of antisocial behavior. In D. Stoff, J. Breiling, & J.D. Maser (Eds.), Handbook of antisocial behavior (pp. 289-304). New York: Wiley.
56. Reid, I.E. (1947). A revised questioning technique in lie-detection tests. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 37, 542-547.
57. Schnur, D.B., Bernstein, A.S., Yeager, A., Smith, S., & Bernstein, P. (1995). The relationship of the skin-conductance and finger pulse amplitude components of the orienting response to season of birth in schizophrenia and depression. Biological Psychiatry, 37, 34-41.
58. Seymour, T.L., Seifert, C.M., Shafto, M.G., & Mosmann, A.L. (2000). Using response time measures to assess "guilty knowledge". Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 30-37.
59. Shek, D.T.L., & Spinks, I.A. (1986). A study of the attentional changes accompanying orienting to different types of change stimuli. Acta Psychologies 61, 153-166.
60. Sokolov, E.N. (1963). Perception and the conditioned reflex. New York: Macmillan.
61. Vanman, E.J., Mejia, V.Y., Dawson, M.E., Schell, A.M., & Raine, A. (2003). Modification of the startle reflex in a community sample: Do one or two dimensions of psychopathy underlie emotional processing? Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 2007-2021.
62. Verschuere, B., Crombez, G., De Clercq, A., & Koster, E.H.W. (2004). Autonomic and behavioral responding to concealed information: Differentiating orienting and defensive responses. Psychophysiology, 41, 461-466.
63. Verschuere, B., Crombez, G., De Clercq, A., & Koster, E. (2005). Psychopathic traits and autonomic responding to concealed information in a prison sample. Psychophysiology, 42, 239-245.
64. Vrana, S.R., Spence, E.L., & Lang, P.J. (1988). The startle probe response: A new measure of emotion? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 97, 487-491.
65. Waid, W.M., Orne, M.T., & Wilson, S.K. (1979a). Effects of socialisation on electrodermal detection of deception. Psychophysiology, 16, 15-22.
66. Waid, W.M., Orne, M.T., & Wilson, S.K. (1979b). Socialisation, awareness, and the electrodermal response to detection of deception and self disclosure. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 88, 663-666.