Articles

An EDA Primer for Polygraph Examiners (with Mark Handler, Raymond Nelson, and Donald Krapohl), Polygraph (2010)
 

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Effectiveness of Pupil Diameter in a Probable-Lie Comparison Question Test for Deception (with Andrea K. Webb, John C. Kircher, Paul Bernhardt, and Anne E. Cook), Legal and Criminological Psychology (2009)

Purpose. There were three objectives of this study: (1) To assess the possibility of using...

 

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Information Gain of Psychophysiological Detection of Deception in Forensic and Screening Settings (with William Schweinle), Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback (2009)

We adapted and applied the Wells and Olson’s (2002) Information Gain Analyses to examine the...

 

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Integration of Pre-Employment Polygraph Screening into the Police Selection Process (with Mark Handler, Donald J. Krapohl, Raymond Nelson, and Stephen Griffin), Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology (2009)

The authors provide a polygraph primer for police psychologists involved in law enforcement personnel selection....

 

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Bringing Alcohol on Campus to Raise Money: Impact on Student Drinking and Drinking Problems (with Robert B. Voas, Mark Johnson, Robert J. Turrisi, Dexter Taylor, and Lisa Nelsen), Addiction (2008)

Aims Universities are striving to raise funds, often attracting spectators by selling alcohol at campus...

 

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Information Does Not Affect the Validity of a Comparison Question Test (with Wendy R. Alloway), Legal And Criminological Psychology (2007)

Purpose. Detailed information about the comparison question test (CQT) and possible countermeasures are now available...

 

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Automation of a Screening Polygraph Test Increases Accuracy (with Susan Amato), Psychology, Crime & Law (2007)

The present study examined the effects of automating the Relevant–Irrelevant (RI) psychophysiological detection of deception...

 

Barron's Revised Ego-strength Scale as a Measure of Test Taking Style: Relationships with the Validity Scales of the MMPI-2 (with Steven Thurber and Eugene Bonynge), Counseling and Clinical Psychology Journal (2004)

Relationships between the Barron revised Ego-Strength (Es) Scale and selected validity scales of the Minnesota...

 

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Effects of Outside Issues on the Comparison Question Test (with Susan Amato and Anne Gordon), The Journal of General Psychology (2004)

In the present study, the authors examined the effects of outside issues on the validity...

 

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The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale: Convergent Validity and Diagnostic Discrimination (with Steven Thurber and Mark Snow), Assessment (2002)

This study examined the concurrent validity of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) in relation...

 

Spontaneous Countermeasures During Polygraph Examinations: An Apparent Exercise in Futility (with Kimberly D. Otter-Henderson and Susan Amato), Polygraph (2002)

Countermeasures are deliberate actions of a subject designed to defeat or distort a polygraph test....

 

Effects of Spontaneous Countermeasures Used Against the Comparison Question Test (with Susan L. Amato and Anne K. Gordon), Polygraph (2001)

Polygraph tests are widely applied in assessing the truthfulness of criminal suspects, witnesses, and job...

 

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Psychophysiological Credibility Assessment (with Susan Amato), Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice (2000)

Psychophysiological Credibility Assessment (PCA), commonly known as polygraph testing, is one of the most misunderstood,...

 

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The Willingness of Children to Lie and the Assessment of Credibility in an Ecologically Relevant Laboratory Setting (with Marcus Choi Tye, Susan L. Amato, Mary K. Devitt, and Douglas Peters), Applied Developmental Science (1999)

A series of 4 experiments were conducted to (a) determine the willingness of children to...

 

The Discussion of Comparison Questions Between List Repetitions (Charts) is Associated with Increased Test Accuracy, Polygraph (1999)

The effects of reviewing questions between question list repetitions (charts) during a comparison question test...

 

The Hybrid Directed Lie Test, the Overemphasized Comparison Question, Chimeras and Other Inventions: A Rejoinder to Abrams (with D. C. Raskin, Susan Amato, Anne Gordon, and M. K. Devitt), Polygraph (1999)
 

The Utah Numerical Scoring System (with Brian G. Bell, David C. Raskin, and John C. Kircher), Polygraph (1999)

The Utah method for numerically evaluating polygraph charts is a highly reliable and valid method...

 

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The Role of Comparison Questions in Physiological Detection of Deception (with Steven W. Horowitz, John C. Kircher, and David C. Raskin), Psychophysiology (1997)

Comparison questions in physiological detection of deception were studied with 60 “guilty’ and 60 “innocent’...

 

Truth or Bias: Psychology and the Polygraph, The National Psychologist (1997)
 

Truth or Just Bias: The Treatment of the Psychophysiological Detection of Deception in Introductory Psychology Textbooks (with Mary K. Devitt and Lynelle Vondergeest), The Journal of Credibility Assessment and Witness Psychology (1997)

This study examined the presentation of psychophysiological detection of deception (PDD; polygraph) testing in introductory...

 

Criterion Development and Validity of the CQT in Field Application, Journal of General Psychology (1996)

Examines the validity of control question tests (CQT) or polygraph tests conducted in the field....
 

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Mental and Physical Countermeasures Reduce the Accuracy of the Concealed Knowledge Test (with Mary K. Devitt, Marcus Winbush, and John C. Kircher), Psychophysiology (1996)

The effects of a physical (pressing the toes to the floor) and a mental (counting...

 

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Polygrapher's Dilemma or Psychologist's Chimaera: A Reply to Furedy's Logico-ethical Considerations for Psychophysiological Practitioners and Researchers (with John C. Kircher and David C. Raskin), International Journal of Psychophysiology (1995)

We respond to Furedy's article in this journal where he raised an issue he referred...

 

The Polygraph in 1995: Progress in Science and the Law (with B. D. Quick), North Dakota Law Review (1995)
 

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test: The State of the Science in 1995 (with Susan L. Amato-Henderson), North Dakota Law Review (1995)
 

Contributions to Books

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Research Methods for Psychophysiological Deception Detection (with John C. Kircher), Research Methods in Forensic Psychology (2011)

For purposes of this chapter, we accept Vrij's (2000) definition of deception as "a successful...

 

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Scientific Status: The Case for Polygraph Tests (with D. C. Raskin and J. C. Kircher), Modern Scientific Evidence: The Law and Science of Expert Testimony (2008)
 

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The Scientific Status of Research on Polygraph Techniques: The Case for Polygraph Tests (with D. C. Raskin and J. C. Kircher), Modern Scientific Evidence: The Law and Science of Expert Testimony (2002)
 

Presentations

Interrogations, False Confessions and the Polygraph: Issues and Concerns from Psychological Science (Invited Address) (with M. Handler), Annual Meeting, American Association of Police Polygraphists (2011)
 

A New Paradigm for the Study of Deception Detection at Portals (with Flavia A. Pitman, James V. Pitman, Scott T. McBride, Adela B. Anderson, and Ashley K. Christiansen), Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting (2008)

We report the results of a new paradigm to study deception detection in portal settings....

 

The Incomprehensibility of Judicial Instructions and Subsequent Jury Decisions (with Ashley Christiansen), Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice (2007)

The present study examined one opportunity for jury error in capital trials. We measured participants’...