anon12345 wrote on Mar 28
th, 2012 at 12:44am:
NSA_hopeful wrote on Mar 22
nd, 2012 at 2:48am:
So, I didn't know this before coming to the site, but poly graphs pick-up excitement that otherwise would manifest itself benignly.
This could include a state of arousal coming from the questioning about what must correlate strongly with real-life events of a sexual nature.
Understand that, in the brain, we have a set of schemas. I am no psychologist but, just maybe, a person might fail a polygraph because the polygraph's schema is of an absurdly fearful nature - unreliable and dangerous with one's future resting on it.
Best of luck and may your wishes come true!
IDK about anyone else or how the brain functions in regard to a polygraph. But in my experience telling the truth then being told your lying really shook me up. So I lied on the next 7 poly's and the examiner said I passed every single one of them. I figured with treatment and poly's...I think I paid a total of around 12,000 what a waist!!
You provide a good insight. The polygraph examiner's job is to shake you up to get things out of you, which hardly represents any application of the scientific method. So, we can conclude that the worst thing for you before a polygraph is letting-off steam.
Quote:Being too calm might mark you a psychotic / sociopath.
A best move here would be to make use of scents like lavender and other essential oils so as to calm yourself down in such a way that you would not need to worry about admitting to using mind-affecting drugs so as to effect your polygraph's outcome.
Another trick that might help you would be to wear clothing that you feel is comfortable but that also reduces blood to the brain. This will allow you to think relatively precisely so long as you maintain consciousness, but your ability to lie will definitely increase and your dopamine-laden responses will drop significantly in severity, making you less susceptible to bogus statements as to your truths.
No longer will you need to be worried about seeing red affecting your polygraphy.
I can't guarantee that any of this will work for you, but I must warn you not to consume or expose yourself to too much of the lavender. Men who use lavender-containing hair-products have been seen to have lower testosterone levels than men who avoid lavender. Personally, I have eaten lavender to no ill effects, but you might want to experiment enough to find a viable alternative.
Marijuana is probably not a good alternative.
Sex probably won't help either.
Good luck, sir!