Detection of deception with fMRI: Are we there yet?

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Langleben, Daniel D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Treatment Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LAW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 39749089901     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X251641     Document Type: Review

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