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Posted by George W. Maschke
 - May 23, 2006, 05:04 AM
Polygraphers look for changes in perspiration levels (as a function of changes in skin conductivity or resistance) in response to relevant vs. "control" questions. Simply having sweaty hands is not generally taken as an indication of deception. See Chapter 3 of The Lie Behind the Lie Detector for an explanation of polygraph procedure.
Posted by jbonk
 - May 23, 2006, 12:26 AM
Same here.  My hands sweat buckets whenever I'm nervous. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Posted by marin
 - Apr 14, 2006, 06:58 PM
I always sweat especially in my hands.  How will this affect a test?