Playing Devil's advocate†: The case against fMRI lie detection

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-25

  Spence, Sean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 39749177045     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X251597     Document Type: Review

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