The P300-based, complex trial protocol for concealed information detection resists any number of sequential countermeasures against up to five irrelevant stimuli

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Labkovsky, Elena ^a   Rosenfeld, J Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex trial protocol; Concealed information test; Deception; ERP; P300

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUILT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DECEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862993270     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-011-9171-0     Document Type: Article

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