Memory Detection - Softcover

 
9780521136150: Memory Detection

Synopsis

Traditional techniques for detecting deception, such as the ‘lie-detector test' (or polygraph), are based upon the idea that lying is associated with stress. However, it is possible that people telling the truth will experience stress, whereas not all liars will. Because of this, the validity of such methods is questionable. As an alternative, a knowledge-based approach known as the ‘Concealed Information Test' has been developed which investigates whether the examinee recognizes secret information – for example a crime suspect recognizing critical crime details that only the culprit could know. The Concealed Information Test has been supported by decades of research, and is used widely in Japan. This is the first book to focus on this exciting approach and will be of interest to law enforcement agencies and academics and professionals in psychology, criminology, policing and law.

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About the Authors

Bruno Verschuere is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders - FWO at the Psychology Department of Ghent University.

Gershon Ben-Shakhar is a Professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and former President of the Open University of Israel.

Ewout Meijer is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Psychology and Neuroscience Department of Maastricht University.

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9780521769525: Memory Detection: Theory and Application of the Concealed Information Test

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ISBN 10:  0521769523 ISBN 13:  9780521769525
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011
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