{"id":2509,"date":"2022-11-08T11:28:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthorlie.com\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2022-11-08T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:28:40","slug":"crying-polygraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthorlie.com\/crying-polygraph\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Crying Affect a Polygraph Test?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Being accused of something you didn’t do or relieving a traumatic experience can cause you to cry your eyes out. But that’s okay. According to Harvard Medical School research, crying helps ease both physical and emotional pain. But should you hold back those tears while you are tethered to a polygraph machine for fear that it might affect the result?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crying during a polygraph exam may cause the result to be inconclusive or a false positive. That’s because it affects blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory activity, all of which are monitored by the lie detector machine. Crying can also keep a person from being still, which can mess up physiologic readings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Emotional and about to take a polygraph test anytime soon? Don’t stop reading now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this post, I will discuss things that have something to do with crying while undergoing a lie detector test. Especially if you want the examination to go without a hitch, you will learn that it’s a good idea to shed tears either before your polygraph test or after the question and answer portion, during the post-test phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n