http://stanfordlawyer.law.stanford.edu/2009/10/neurolaw/ Stanford Lawyer Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://stanfordlawyer.law.stanford.edu/2009/10/neurolaw/comment-page-1/#comment-20640 Thomas Kooning Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:27:57 +0000 http://stanfordlawyer.law.stanford.edu/?p=162#comment-20640 My understanding of lie detectors in the early days were that the detection is based on data related to skin conductivity, blood pressure, breathing rate and cardiograms. If we take the step to say that all these body functions are controlled by the brain, then I guess these new neoscience data could be useful. Still have serious doubts, though. I wouldn't leave it to technology to decide if someone is lying. My 2 cents. Regards, Tom My understanding of lie detectors in the early days were that the detection is based on data related to skin conductivity, blood pressure, breathing rate and cardiograms. If we take the step to say that all these body functions are controlled by the brain, then I guess these new neoscience data could be useful.
Still have serious doubts, though. I wouldn’t leave it to technology to decide if someone is lying.
My 2 cents.
Regards,
Tom

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