Assessment of a verbal statement with the goal to reveal a possible intentional deceit

Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science / Ronald R. Thomas.

A tremor in the blood : uses and abuses of the lie detector / David T. Lykken.

Truth and deception : the polygraph (lie-detector) technique / John E. Reid, Fred E. Inbau.

The lying brain : lie detection in science and science fiction / Melissa M. Littlefield.

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Lie Detection

Works from the collections

Detective fiction and the rise of forensic science / Ronald R. Thomas.

A tremor in the blood : uses and abuses of the lie detector / David T. Lykken.

Truth and deception : the polygraph (lie-detector) technique / John E. Reid, Fred E. Inbau.

The lying brain : lie detection in science and science fiction / Melissa M. Littlefield.