SACCADIC Eye Movements in Deception

Abstract

Lie detection, as currently practiced, relies heavily on the use of measures of autonomic activity. It is presumed that lying is emotionally more arousing than truth telling that the increase in affective arousal is mirrored in the measures used in the conventional polygraph. We do not dispute the possibility that telling an untruth may be emotionally arousing. But this is not the entire picture. Zuckerman and Driver (1985) presented a four factor mode) of behavioral cues to deception, which, in addition to factors such as: attempted control, arousal, and affect, also includes cognitive factors, the category into which the present work falls

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA269660

Entities

People

  • John A. Stern
  • Laura Baker
  • Robert Goldstein

Organizations

  • Washington University in St. Louis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Cognition
  • Control Systems
  • Deception
  • Detection
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Frequency
  • Information Processing
  • Lie Detection
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.