News tagged with polygraph
Handwriting-based tool offers alternate lie detection method
For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual's personality traits, or in most cases, gauge their innocence in the case of a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Scholar unconvinced new lie-detection methods better than old ones
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a crime has been committed, the usual modus operandi for police detectives and their fictional counterparts has been to dust the scene for fingerprints. And once they have a suspect in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 02, 2009 |
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UB team's software is set to eyeball liars
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study team at the University of Buffalo, State University of New York, is working on video analysis software to analyze eye movements to spot liars. So far, they say their results show that ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Structure, not scientists to blame for Los Alamos failings
Policy decisions and poor management have substantially undermined the US Los Alamos National Laboratory -- and, consequently, national security, according to an article available today in the current issue of the Bulletin of ...
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Computer scientist seeks the real meaning of language
Better be careful about telling a lie to Julia Hirschberg. The computer science professor, an expert in spoken language, examines what people unconsciously communicate through such things as intonation, accent ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 27, 2011 |
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British group unveils facial reading lie-detector
(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team of researchers led by Professor Hassan Ugail of Bradford University have demonstrated a new type of lie-detector at the annual British Science Festival in Bradford. Instead of hooking people ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 14, 2011 |
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NY man who claims Facebook stake gets new lawyer
(AP) -- A New York man suing Mark Zuckerberg for a stake in Facebook has changed attorneys as the multibillion-dollar social media company pushes for access to a contract and emails that form the basis of his case - documents ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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1 in every 5 Spaniards suffers from insomnia
Insomnia is common in Spain, and affects one person in every five. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona and the Stanford University School of ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Seven myths about physical security
The high-tech access control device was secure, sophisticated, and complex; it was intended to protect nuclear materials and other important assets. But security experts at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Female sexual offenders: Unrecognized and underreported
Sexual offenses committed by women, while often unrecognised and underreported, have become the subject of a new book by a University of Montreal professor. Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment and Treatment (Wiley), ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Reading terrorists minds about imminent attack: P300 brain waves correlated to guilty knowledge
Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when and where the next attack will occur.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 30, 2010 |
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'You can't hide your lyin' eyes': Eye-tracking lie-detection
Shifty eyes long have been thought to signify a person's problem telling the truth. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are taking that old adage to a new level.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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