Do you believe brain waves might be better than lie detectors?
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Brain waves would still fall trap to the familiar problem of someone who believes deeply that what they are saying is true. A pathological liar would not activate lying centers of the brain, just as he would not have an anxiety response on a standard lie detector. Also, there's the problem that the fMRI does not necessarily measure neural activity, merely the presence of blood. Further, the areas that "light up" when one is lying could also activate for various other reasons. They are the areas that control "emotion, conflict, and cognitive control - the amygdala, rostral cingulate, caudate, and thalamus," all of which would be involved in an intense interrogation.
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Yes, brain wave studies have been done on unborn fetuses, and they display periods of being awake and asleep
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I went through the Silva Mind Control course 35 years ago. I was in grad school, learning artifial intelligence, very skeptical of belief systems, wanting to know if ESP was possible or only a hoax. So I got interested when I saw an ad for a course that guaranteed you'd have an ESP experience or your money back. The course took 4 days, and on the 4th day, I was tested and answered specific questions that I could not possibly know the answer to. In one case, I knew the answer 20 minutes before the test was given! I was not interested in the self-improvement aspects of the course, which seem similar to other systems of meditation. I used the techniques after the course and achieved similar results. It is tough to accept ESP with a scientific mind, but it's either that, or some amazing ability to communicate through subliminal gestures and through time. I recommend the course.
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I would like to believe so, yes.  I'm not talking about like Superman and all the rest of the kiddies programs, but I am talking about things like telekinesis, telepathy, "seeing dead people" :-), bending spoons, clairvoyance and all the rest of the ones which have actually been proven.  A woman's sixth sense?  Most definitely (I follow mine and have not yet been wrong)!
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Biologically, you can only measure the substance of the body, the blood, flesh etc...you can now measure brain wave patterns, but these are not yet fully understood. \nPersonality is derived form a number of sources, it depends on how you are treated by family and peers, the sort of education that you've had, where you live and much more.\nBiology can't measure these quantities, they don't show up in a blood test.
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Yes.  The more you use a neuron network the stronger it becomes.  The increase is minuscule, but certainly large enough to measure.  Good luck in your quest for more knowledge. Ciao!\n-C
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I will share with you the method used by the FBI, CIA, Border patrol agents and anyone wanting to know if they are being lied to. \n\nCarefully watch the speakers eyes, the eyes will reveal subconscious motivators as the person is speaking. \n\nWhen a persons eyes go right and then back to straight ahead, while speaking, even if for just a split second, they are lying. \n\nIf instead, the persons eyes move left, for just a moment, they are telling the truth. \n\nHere is what it means. We have two separate sides of the human brain. The right side, is the creative side, IE a look to the right when speaking, the speaker is creating or making up or . . . . . . . .lying. \n\nThe left side is the history side, or fact side, as in real events, past and present. So when speaker looks momentary to the left, they are recalling actual facts, history as it happened, or real events, IE. speaking the truth. \n\nThe old adage that when one does not look you in the eye while speaking, means absolutely nothing. Many times a person will speak while not staring into the other persons eyes. \n\nWell, there you have it, from the . . . . . . . .lets just say pro's.  \n\nDarryl S.
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Wow..that's heavy...\n\nWe just use a lie detector.
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Don't worry, you can "beat" a lie detector test; I did.
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It depends on how well you know the person.  If you suspect someone is lying just ask round about questions on the subject in question and see how different the answers are.  Works like a charm.
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Heard of lie detector implants?? Its available in India! chk it out! Once its implanted everytime the person lies the alarm goes of!
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A polygraph (commonly referred to as a lie detector) is a device that measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while the subject is asked a series of questions. The measurements are posited to be indicators of anxiety that accompanies the telling of lies. Thus, measured anxiety is equated with telling untruths. However, if the subject exhibits anxiety for other reasons, or can control his anxiety level voluntarily, a measured response can result in unreliable conclusions. A polygraph test is also known as a psychophysiological detection of deception (PDD) examination.\n\nclick here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph#History
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brain and detected by our ears.
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It doesn't make you tell the truth, it makes you unable to lie.  It targets the inhibitory center of the brain, the part that regulates inhibitions.
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I do not think that would be a very good idea. It is not worth lying because a lie is worse that not having a high education level or such! I myself do not know how far they look into those type of things but if they catch you just say you accidentally made a mistake!
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Ichi THAT is BRILLIANT......I know that in the tangential thinking that often bests me 'thinkos are the weakest links, perhaps the 'savants' of my mind and truly the innocents. Perhaps they are what saves my butt altogether.\nAbsolutely Brill!!!! I am going to ask if I may have permission to use this in my writing for in my speaking & writing i have for the first time just spoken it aloud...thank for the new concept on somethng I have been doing, another thing to obssess on, fair play to you mate, brain food doesnt often ome through the screen like this. and it just did.\nNow does this include the frontal and temporal lobes? Will Kirlean Photograhy show this in action? Or is it a different part of the brain where the lost socks of our lives go to?\nTHIS is a cool quesion. I now possess a new word..and it is awesome..."THINKOS"..now THAT is HOT!!!
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Yes, because the polygraph test measures pulse,  respiration, heart rate, etc.you can flunk a polygraph if you are the extreme nervous type.  They clain that experience examiners can tell the difference between nervousness and deception. If this were the case, why is it that polygraphy results are inadmissable as court evidence?\nPathological liars can pass polygraph tests easy, because they cannot distinguish a lie from the truth, and wholeheartedly belive in their own lies.