Functional MRI lie detection: Too good to be true?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-498

  Simpson, Joseph R ^a,b,c  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58349111878     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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