about lie detection:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/01/27/david_ingle_71_fashioned_careers_in_the_arts_and_science?mode=PF
Check out http://www.noliemri.com/default.htm , in particular.
We had the polygraph, then ERPs, now MRI. Same problems, same nonsense hype.