fMRI Lie Detection Fails a Legal Test

2010/06/10 by Greg Miller · 1 citation
Psychology · Neuroscience · #Deception detection and forensic psychology #Lie detection #Magistrate #Test (biology) #Psychology #Functional magnetic resonance imaging #Political science #Law #Neuroscience #Biology

paper · doi:10.1126/science.328.5984.1336-a

openalex publication_date 2010/06/10 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

Lie-detection technology that uses functional magnetic resonance imaging scans of brain activity is not yet ready for use in the courtroom, a federal magistrate judge in Tennessee decided last week.

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