http://mindhacks.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4896 Sat, 29 May 2010 13:27:52 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4896 we can’t blame the court if they don’t want to accept the results from the fMRI, anything new that is introduced to a traditional setting has a little chance of being accepted. it still has to pass several debates, criticisms and all things negative but hopefully fMRI results will be accepted as credible because it will really be a big help.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4895 Thu, 06 May 2010 15:02:23 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4895 I think the main problem with using this technology in court is that the jurors may not understand how or why the evidence is not very reliable. MRI scans appear to be the ultimate in lie detectors – you are “seeing inside someone’s brain” (though people who follow the literature know that does not mean you are reading the person’s mind). It is easier to understand why a lie detector or blood pressure monitoring device is not reliable than why a MRI scan is not reliable.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4894 Thu, 06 May 2010 13:49:47 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4894 Recent news:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j40UwO8liPFoZwVF6BDezyWlgBxA
“India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday banned police and intelligence officials from forcing suspects to take “truth drugs” and lie detector tests during investigations to extract information.”

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4893 Thu, 06 May 2010 04:19:45 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4893 There is also a great piece from 1997 in the journal History of the Human Sciences on Marston and Wonder Woman: Geoffrey C. Bunn, “The lie detector, Wonder Woman and liberty: the life and work of William Moulton Marston”

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4892 Thu, 06 May 2010 02:51:42 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/fmri-lie-detection-and-the-wonder-woman-problem/#comment-4892 William Marston’s showmanship in promoting lie detection didn’t make him popular with the other polygraph experts of the early 20th century. These days, he’s better remembered for Wonder Woman than the lie detector, for all that he helped to spawn the polygraph industry.
http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2008/12/the-psychologist-and-the-amazon.html

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