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lie detector
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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lie de·tec·tor
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n.
an instrument for determining whether a person is telling the truth by testing for physiological changes considered to be associated with lying.Compare with polygraph.
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Lie detectors get new push; SJC to hear appeal for tests
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/6/1996; ; 700+ words
; Lie detector tests, which scientists...that the results of a lie detector test be admitted as evidence...cases. Critics say lie detectors are "junk science...examiners. The admission of lie detector test results as evidence...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Insurance phone spies on the line; Lie detector is new weapon in war against [pounds sterling]3bn fraud bill.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 4/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...TOBY WALNE LIE detectors are to be tested...fraudulent. The lie detector machines eavesdrop...At present, lie detectors are being tested...successful. The detectors analyse claimants...which can betray lies or unusually nervous...the so-called lie detector ...
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The Lie Detector in Limbo
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/19/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...in the government take a lie-detector test. The president felt the lie detector was the only way to keep...game plan. Alas, the lie detector has fallen on hard times...false signals. The retired detectors are being collected in a...
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Lie and love detectors for cell phones.(Infotech)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 7/17/2004; 700+ words
; ...success in telling lies than in sticking to...doublespeak, outright lies and white-collar...because a more effective lie and love detector will...behind this is a lie detector small enough to be...In addition to lie detectors, Dave Watson, chief...than its accuracy as a ...
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Police can be forced to take lie detector tests, SJC rules ; Unanimous on internal probes
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...officers can be forced to take lie detector tests during internal...from using results of lie detector tests as the basis for a job...law, however, allows lie detector tests to be conducted by law...criminal activities to lie detector tests furthers law ...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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FED: Insurance companies try lie detectors on some claimants
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 12/3/1998; 462 words
; ...Insurance companies try lie detectors on some claimants By...are resorting to lie detector tests as a tool in...downhill," he said. "Lie detector tests are...admitted using lie detector tests in some cases...had never used lie detector tests and had no ...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Researchers seek better lie detector; Some are using MRIs, others are measuring blood flow to the brain
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 6/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...build a better lie detector, scientists are...with lights and detectors able to "see...decisions - and where lies are born. Research...the decision to lie, before even uttering...worse than a lie detector that doesn't...brains during a lie, so a machine...a reliable ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Bearers of false witness. (lie-detectors )
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/12/1988; 700+ words
; ...battle against machinery: the lie-detecting polygraph. Mr...scarlet letter. Today's lie-detectors use a technology not much...telling a lie. Other lie-detectors analyse voice tremors or breathing abnormalities. Lie-detectors are used by employers for...Business likes ...
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Alas, the lie detector has fallen on hard times
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/21/1987; ; 677 words
; ...in the government take a lie-detector test. The president felt the lie detector was the only way to keep...game plan. Alas, the lie detector has fallen on hard times...false signals. The retired detectors are being collected in a...
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True lies? A new report questions the science behind lie detectors!
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Polygraph or "lie detector" testing is a key part of...The basic idea behind lie detectors is that people will act differently...where the cuffs and wires of a lie detector are strapped onto an accused...Notice, though, that a lie detector doesn't really detect ...
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lie detector
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...resulting from the telling of a lie. Cesare Lombroso, in 1895...tape recordings. Although the lie detector is used in police work, the...of guilt to those caused by lies has made its evidence for the...agency to another. The use of lie detectors to screen employees and job...
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The Lie Detector
Book article from: American Decades
THE LIE DETECTOR Policemen Inventors In the early 1920s...reservations about the reliability of lie-detector readings remain, and they continue...of law. Sources: Eugene B. Block, Lie Detectors: Their History and Use (New York...
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Lie Detection
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...of them, assuming that all 100 lie when administered the test. These...with the original 90 who really did lie. At the end of the day, the store...are legal prohibitions against using lie detectors to screen job applicants or randomly...
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Plants, Psychic Aspects of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...life. Evidence was presented suggesting plants may diagnose disease, react to music and human emotions, and act as lie detectors. Legends told of the power of sound to influence plants. In Hindu mythology, the flute music of Shri Krishna made...
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gasp
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...x2018;gasp out’ words in an urgent attempt at speech, but this is a physiological misuse of the term. Lie detectors rely in part on a deep, gasping breath when the subject is asked a question that activates his guilt. In unconsciousness...
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