Déjà vu! the effect of previewing test items on the validity of the Concealed Information polygraph Test

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-297

  Verschuere, Bruno ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concealed Information Test; Deception; Habituation; Polygraph test; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749083486     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160701786407     Document Type: Article

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