Strength of memory encoding affects physiological responses in the Guilty Actions Test

Biological Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-107

  Gamer, Matthias ^a   Kosiol, Desiree ^b   Vossel, Gerhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concealed information; Guilty actions test; Guilty Knowledge Test; Memory; Mock crime; Polygraph; Psychophysiological detection; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CRIMINOLOGY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GUILT; GUILTY ACTION TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CRIME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949130575     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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