QuoteWe conducted a reanalysis of unpublished data collected by V. Cholan Kopparumsolan to investigate whether specialized sensors would improve the performance of polygraph examiners in the detection of covert physical countermeasures. Five blind scorers evaluated the physiological data in two conditions. In the first condition they looked at 68 conventional polygraph cases for indications of countermeasures. In the second condition at least two months later they saw the same charts, this time with a channel that displayed data from a sensor designed to detect physical countermeasures. The addition of the countermeasure sensors significantly improved examiners' performance in the detection of physical countermeasures. The presence of the sensor information did not affect the scores or countermeasure ratings of examinees that had not been programmed to perform countermeasures.
QuoteWe are especially grateful to V. Cholan Kopparumsolan, who graciously allowed us to use the polygraph charts he had collected in an unpublished study he conducted at Michigan State University, and whose generous donation of charts and background made this project possible...