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Polygraph and CVSA Forums => Polygraph Policy => Topic started by: George W. Maschke on Oct 04, 2022, 09:42 AM

Title: Re: Racism and polygraph breathing
Post by: George W. Maschke on Oct 04, 2022, 09:42 AM
Racial or ethnic bias on the part of your polygraph operator could certainly influence the outcome of your polygraph examination.

With respect to breathing through your mouth rather than your nose, I don't recall any doctrine on that in the polygraph literature.
Title: Re: Racism and polygraph breathing
Post by: George W. Maschke on Oct 04, 2022, 10:43 AM
Certainly, one can breathe through both the nose and mouth simultaneously, particularly if you normally do so. I would also be mindful, however, of negative stereotypes about "mouthbreathers."
Title: Re: Racism and polygraph breathing
Post by: George W. Maschke on Oct 04, 2022, 04:18 PM
I wish you all the best if you go through with the polygraph. Note that our best advice, as reflected in The Lie Behind the Lie Detector, is to not submit in the first place, but rather to seek employment some place else where your honesty and integrity won't be judged based on such pseudoscientific nonsense as polygraphy.