{"id":2594,"date":"2023-09-07T01:06:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T08:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truthorlie.com\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2023-09-07T01:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T08:06:45","slug":"does-polygraph-detect-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthorlie.com\/does-polygraph-detect-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a Polygraph Detect Lies?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A polygraph is also usually referred to as a lie detector test. Does this mean that the examination is designed to detect lies, which is why anyone from police officers, private investigators to employers use them to determine if there’s deceit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, polygraphs do not actually detect lies. What they do instead is monitor certain physiologic changes in the body of a polygraph examinee that can indicate lying as they are being asked yes or no questions by a polygrapher. Those bodily processes include blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and skin conductivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polygraph machines, simply put, measure vital signs just like medical instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But they do not really determine whether or not individuals strapped to them are telling the truth or stating lies \u2014 it is up to the polygraphers to determine truthfulness or deceitfulness or, at times, an inconclusive result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read on to have a much better idea of how a polygraph is able to “tell” lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n