Elliot weighs in (and, naturally, gets misquoted) about the prospects of using fMRI as a lie detector in this interview. The target paper in Frontiers says it all: fMRI cannot now, and perhaps never, be used as a valid lie detection device.
About Elliot Berkman
Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon
Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab
Associate Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience
fMRI cannot detect lies
Elliot weighs in (and, naturally, gets misquoted) about the prospects of using fMRI as a lie detector in this interview. The target paper in Frontiers says it all: fMRI cannot now, and perhaps never, be used as a valid lie detection device.
About Elliot Berkman
Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab Associate Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience