Advanced search
Publication Cover
Crime Psychology Review Volume 1, 2015 - Issue 1
Journal homepage
127,310
Views
49
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

A review of the polygraph: history, methodology and current status

John SynnottInternational Research Centre for Investigative Psychology, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
,
David DietzelInternational Research Centre for Investigative Psychology, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK
&
Maria IoannouInternational Research Centre for Investigative Psychology, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK
Pages 59-83 | Received 20 Mar 2015, Accepted 05 Jun 2015, Published online: 08 Jul 2015

Citations (49)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (5)

M. Jagannath, K. Adalarasu & R. Keerthik Dhivya. (2022) Neural correlates of guilt knowledge analysis using electroencephalographic technique. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology 33:2, pages 231-251.
Read now
Jeffrey Lin, Greg Hisscock & Walter Simon. (2022) Exploring the implications of item-level data in sex offenders’ maintenance polygraph results. Journal of Sexual Aggression 28:1, pages 133-148.
Read now
Marion Oswald. (2020) Technologies in the twilight zone: early lie detectors, machine learning and reformist legal realism. International Review of Law, Computers & Technology 34:2, pages 214-231.
Read now
Gina M. Grimshaw. (2018) Affective neuroscience: a primer with implications for forensic psychology. Psychology, Crime & Law 24:3, pages 258-278.
Read now
John Pearson & Deborah Barker. (2018) Male rape: what we know, don’t know and need to find out—a critical review. Crime Psychology Review 4:1, pages 72-94.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (44)

Moritz Maleck & Tom Gross. (2023) AnswerTruthDetector: a combined cognitive load approach for separating truthful from deceptive answers in computer-administered questionnaires. i-com 0:0.
Crossref
Hung-Chang Chang. (2023) Noncontact Lie Detection System Involving Photoplethysmography and Heart Rate Variability. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 37:07.
Crossref
Lena Podoletz. (2022) We have to talk about emotional AI and crime. AI & SOCIETY 38:3, pages 1067-1082.
Crossref
Dmitri Asonov, Maksim Krylov, Vladimir Omelyusik, Anastasiya Ryabikina, Evgeny Litvinov, Maksim Mitrofanov, Maksim Mikhailov & Albert Efimov. (2023) Building a second-opinion tool for classical polygraph. Scientific Reports 13:1.
Crossref
Christopher Perry, Jeffery B. Budweg, Andrew P. Stein, Jonathan Harder, Shishir Gupta, Alex J. Nusbickel, Madeline Smoot, Keval Patel & David E. Winchester. (2023) Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk for Noncardiac and Nonsurgical Activities. The American Journal of Medicine 136:4, pages 350-354.
Crossref
Qianruo Kang, Feng Li & Junfeng Gao. (2023) Exploring the Functional Brain Network of Deception in Source-Level EEG via Partial Mutual Information. Electronics 12:7, pages 1633.
Crossref
Satya P. Singh, Sachin Mishra, Sukrit Gupta, Parasuraman Padmanabhan, Lu Jia, Teo Kok Ann Colin, Yeo Tseng Tsai, Teo Kejia, Pramod Sankarapillai, Anand Mohan & Balázs Gulyás. (2023) Functional Mapping of the Brain for Brain–Computer Interfacing: A Review. Electronics 12:3, pages 604.
Crossref
Kartik Agrawal. (2023) A Decade After Selvi. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Maurizio Oggiano & Walter AdrianiMaurizio Oggiano. 2023. Misunderstandings About Non-Verbal Communication. Misunderstandings About Non-Verbal Communication 175 195 .
Tsolmon Bayandorj. (2022) The practice of using the polygraph in Mongolia: problem aspects and their solutions. Russian Journal of Deviant Behavior 2:4, pages 438-442.
Crossref
Valarie A. Yerdon, Jinchao Lin, Ryan W Wohleber, Gerald Matthews, Lauren Reinerman-Jones & P. A. Hancock. (2022) Eye-Tracking Active Indicators of Insider Threats: Detecting Illicit Activity During Normal Workflow. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 69:6, pages 3838-3847.
Crossref
Zizhao Dong, Gang Wang, Shaoyuan Lu, Luyao Dai, Shucheng Huang & Ye Liu. (2022) Intentional-Deception Detection Based on Facial Muscle Movements in an Interactive Social Context. Pattern Recognition Letters 164, pages 30-39.
Crossref
Mohammad Affan Khalil & Kiran George. (2022) Using Neural Network Models for BCI Based Lie Detection. Using Neural Network Models for BCI Based Lie Detection.
Di Wang, Chongxiang Wang, Xingyu Yi, Liyang Sai, Genyue Fu & Xiaohong Allison Lin. (2022) Detecting concealed information using functional near‐infrared spectroscopy ( fNIRS ) combined with skin conductance, heart rate, and behavioral measures . Psychophysiology 59:8.
Crossref
Kurtis G. Haut, Taylan Sen, Denis Lomakin & Ehsan Hoque. (2022) A Mental Trespass? Unveiling Truth, Exposing Thoughts, and Threatening Civil Liberties With Noninvasive AI Lie Detection. IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society 3:2, pages 132-142.
Crossref
Chaocao Yang, Caoyuan Niu & Xunbing Shen. 2022. Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology. Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology 803 814 .
Victoria L. RubinVictoria L. Rubin. 2022. Misinformation and Disinformation. Misinformation and Disinformation 123 156 .
Xinyue Fang, Yiteng Sun, Xinyi Zheng, Xinrong Wang, Xuemei Deng & Mei Wang. (2021) Assessing Deception in Questionnaire Surveys With Eye-Tracking. Frontiers in Psychology 12.
Crossref
Michel Funicelli, Lauren White, Sabina Ungureanu & Jean-Roch Laurence. (2021) An Independent Validation of the EEG-Based Complex Trial Protocol with Autobiographical Data and Corroboration of its Resistance to a Cognitively Charged Countermeasure. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 46:3, pages 287-299.
Crossref
Benoît Martin Azanguezet Quimatio & Fidèle Tsognong. (2021) HOrBAC Optimization Based on Suspicious Behavior Detection Using Information Theory. SN Computer Science 2:2.
Crossref
Daniel Linn White. (2020) Police Candidate Selection: Assessing the Effectiveness of Pre-employment Polygraph Screening. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 14:4, pages 1138-1150.
Crossref
B Anandhi & S Jerritta. (2021) Recognition of valence using QRS complex in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1070:1, pages 012082.
Crossref
Vladimir D. Mendelevich. (2021) Polygraphology, profiling, eyetracking and other parascientific methods of psychiatric diagnostics. Neurology Bulletin LII:3, pages 5-8.
Crossref
Frank Chen. 2021. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management 587 595 .
Kwangbai Park. (2020) Psychology and Law in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: New Challenges and Problems. The Korean Journal of Psychology: General 39:4, pages 481-516.
Crossref
E. Myasischeva, O. Konovalova & Valeriya Konovalova. (2020) Using Polygraph Screening As a Tool of the Company’s Personnel Security. Management of the Personnel and Intellectual Resources in Russia 9:5, pages 83-88.
Crossref
Shaimaa H. Abed, Ivan A. Hashim & Ali Sadeq A. Jalal. (2020) Verbal and Non-Verbal Features in Deception Detection Systems. Verbal and Non-Verbal Features in Deception Detection Systems.
Diana K. Аvdeeva, Wenjia Guo, Dang Quang Nguyen, Mikhail M. Yuzhakov, Ivan L. Ivanov, Nikita V. Turushev, Ivan V. Maksimov & Maria V. Balakhonova. (2020) Results of recording electrophysiological signals by nanosensors during tests on volunteers. Sensor Review 40:3, pages 335-346.
Crossref
R. Walter Heinrichs. (2020) The duality of human cognition: operations and intentionality in mental life and illness. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 108, pages 139-148.
Crossref
Dar Peleg, Shahar Ayal, Dan Ariely & Guy Hochman. (2023) The Lie Deflator – The effect of polygraph test feedback on subsequent (dis)honesty. Judgment and Decision Making 14:6, pages 728-738.
Crossref
Padraig O'Meara, Angela Coyne & Mary Brassil. (2019) An appraisal of investigative psychology and the applications to suspicious approaches to children in the Irish criminal justice system. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling 16:3, pages 213-221.
Crossref
Runxin Yu, Si Jia Wu, Audrey Huang, Nathan Gold, Huaxiong Huang, Genyue Fu & Kang Lee. (2019) Using Polygraph to Detect Passengers Carrying Illegal Items. Frontiers in Psychology 10.
Crossref
SelwinGabriel Samuel, Tanushree Chatterjee, Himadri Thapliyal & Priyanka Kacker. (2019) Facial psychophysiology in forensic investigation: A novel idea for deception detection. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences 11:2, pages 90.
Crossref
Valarie A. Yerdon, Ryan W. Wohleber, Gerald Matthews & Lauren E. Reinerman-Jones. 2019. Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity. Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity 3 14 .
Frank Chen. 2019. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management 1 9 .
Frank Chen. 2019. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management 1 9 .
Frank Chen. 2018. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management 1 9 .
Frank Chen. 2018. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management 1 9 .
Aaron C. Elkins, Amit Gupte & Lance Cameron. 2019. HCI in Business, Government and Organizations. Information Systems and Analytics. HCI in Business, Government and Organizations. Information Systems and Analytics 316 325 .
Dmitri Poltavski, Richard Van Eck, Austin T. Winger & Charles Honts. (2018) Using a Polygraph System for Evaluation of the Social Desirability Response Bias in Self-Report Measures of Aggression. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 43:4, pages 309-318.
Crossref
Dhanush T.Aswin Ramnath B.T. Sree Sharmila & J. Sofia Jennifer. (2018) Determining Response Credibility by Blink Count. Determining Response Credibility by Blink Count.
Andrea Gaggioli. (2018) Beyond the Truth Machine: Emerging Technologies for Lie Detection. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 21:2, pages 144-144.
Crossref
Daniel C. GansterTori L. Crain & Rebecca M. Brossoit. (2018) Physiological Measurement in the Organizational Sciences: A Review and Recommendations for Future Use. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 5:1, pages 267-293.
Crossref
Sabu George, M.M. Manohara Pai, Radhika M Pai & Samir Kumar Praharaj. (2017) Eye blink count and eye blink duration analysis for deception detection. Eye blink count and eye blink duration analysis for deception detection.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.