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Posted by notguilty1
 - Apr 19, 2008, 03:18 PM
Quote from: nopoly4me on Apr 18, 2008, 08:13 PMThe eminent polygrapher, Barry C. from Maine postulates in the following thread on PolygraphPlace:

http://www.polygraphplace.com/ubb/NonCGI/Forum1/HTML/000668.html

That if one is in pain when he takes a polygraph, he will concentrate more on the pain and less on the answers, and thus the results of the polygraph will be less accurate.  How could this be logically?

Is one being less truthful because his back hurts?

If this is true, then isn't pain a great countermeasure for a guilty person?  Turn a deceptive result into an inconclusive?

How much pain is required, and has there been ANY studies, peer reviewed or not, to validate  his claims?

Inquiring minds want to know. :-?

EXCALTLY!! This is continuing evidence from the Poly folks that POLYGRAPHS DON'T DETECT LIES OR DECEPTION.
The results can be from a variaty of factors or a sum of them yes including possibly the fact that someone is nervous because they are lying!!

Posted by nopolycop
 - Apr 18, 2008, 08:13 PM
The eminent polygrapher, Barry C. from Maine postulates in the following thread on PolygraphPlace:

http://www.polygraphplace.com/ubb/NonCGI/Forum1/HTML/000668.html

That if one is in pain when he takes a polygraph, he will concentrate more on the pain and less on the answers, and thus the results of the polygraph will be less accurate.  How could this be logically?

Is one being less truthful because his back hurts?

If this is true, then isn't pain a great countermeasure for a guilty person?  Turn a deceptive result into an inconclusive?

How much pain is required, and has there been ANY studies, peer reviewed or not, to validate  his claims?

Inquiring minds want to know. :-?