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Non-invasive brain stimulation in the detection of deception: scientific challenges and ethical consequences.

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Luber, B; Fisher, C; Appelbaum, PS; Ploesser, M; Lisanby, SH
Published in: Behav Sci Law
2009

Tools for noninvasive stimulation of the brain, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), have provided new insights in the study of brain-behavior relationships due to their ability to directly alter cortical activity. In particular, TMS and tDCS have proven to be useful tools for establishing causal relationships between behavioral and brain imaging measures. As such, there has been interest in whether these tools may represent novel technologies for deception detection by altering a person's ability to engage brain networks involved in conscious deceit. Investigation of deceptive behavior using noninvasive brain stimulation is at an early stage. Here we review the existing literature on the application of noninvasive brain stimulation in the study of deception. Whether such approaches could be usefully applied to the detection of deception by altering a person's ability to engage brain networks involved in conscious deceit remains to be validated. Ethical and legal consequences of the development of such a technology are discussed.

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Behav Sci Law

DOI

EISSN

1099-0798

Publication Date

2009

Volume

27

Issue

2

Start / End Page

191 / 208

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Signal Detection, Psychological
  • Nerve Net
  • Humans
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Deception
  • Criminology
  • Consciousness
  • Cognition
 

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Luber, B., Fisher, C., Appelbaum, P. S., Ploesser, M., & Lisanby, S. H. (2009). Non-invasive brain stimulation in the detection of deception: scientific challenges and ethical consequences. Behav Sci Law, 27(2), 191–208. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.860
Luber, Bruce, Carl Fisher, Paul S. Appelbaum, Marcus Ploesser, and Sarah H. Lisanby. “Non-invasive brain stimulation in the detection of deception: scientific challenges and ethical consequences.Behav Sci Law 27, no. 2 (2009): 191–208. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.860.
Luber B, Fisher C, Appelbaum PS, Ploesser M, Lisanby SH. Non-invasive brain stimulation in the detection of deception: scientific challenges and ethical consequences. Behav Sci Law. 2009;27(2):191–208.
Luber, Bruce, et al. “Non-invasive brain stimulation in the detection of deception: scientific challenges and ethical consequences.Behav Sci Law, vol. 27, no. 2, 2009, pp. 191–208. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/bsl.860.
Luber B, Fisher C, Appelbaum PS, Ploesser M, Lisanby SH. Non-invasive brain stimulation in the detection of deception: scientific challenges and ethical consequences. Behav Sci Law. 2009;27(2):191–208.
Journal cover image

Published In

Behav Sci Law

DOI

EISSN

1099-0798

Publication Date

2009

Volume

27

Issue

2

Start / End Page

191 / 208

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Signal Detection, Psychological
  • Nerve Net
  • Humans
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Deception
  • Criminology
  • Consciousness
  • Cognition