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Description: Animated article shows how polygraph machines work and some popular countermeasures.
HowStuffWorks "How Lie Detectors Work" Introduction to How Lie Detectors Work Lie detection is a consistently controversial topic -- how can a machine tell truth from deception? Does everyone have the same physiological reaction when telling a lie?
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Page title:HowStuffWorks "How Lie Detectors Work"
Keywords:Lie Detector, FBI, Robert Hanssen, polygraph, analog polygraph, heart rate, electrodermal activity, blood pressure, respiratory rate, forensic psychophysiologist, pneumographs, bellows, galvanometer, pre-test, design questions, in-test, post-test, false positive, false negative, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Frye, United States, Piccinonna
Description:Lie detection is a consistently controversial topic -- how can a machine tell truth from deception? Does everyone have the same physiological reaction when telling a lie? If so, how can some people "beat the box"? Find out what these devices measure and if they really can detect lies.
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