Does the Guilty Actions Test allow for differentiating guilty participants from informed innocents? A re-examination

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Gamer, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concealed information; Guilty actions test; Guilty knowledge test; Informed innocents; Mock crime; Polygraph; Psychophysiological detection; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUILT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GUILT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949774338     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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