Algorithms for detecting concealed knowledge among groups when the critical information is unavailable

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-300

  Breska, Assaf ^a   Ben Shakhar, Gershon ^a   Gronau, Nurit ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Concealed Information Test (CIT); Group level analysis; Psychophysiological detection; Searching CIT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECEPTION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE;

ALGORITHMS; DECEPTION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LIE DETECTION;

EID: 84873736268     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028798     Document Type: Article

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