Effects of coping and cooperative instructions on guilty and informed innocents' physiological responses to concealed information

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-148

  Zvi, Liza ^a,b   Nachson, Israel ^a,c   Elaad, Eitan ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concealed Information Test; Detection of deception; Finger pulse; Polygraph; Respiration; Skin conductance response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUILT; HUMAN; INNOCENCE; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860296712     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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