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
Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon
Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab
Co-Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience
Divisional Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, UO College of Arts and Sciences
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
Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon Director of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab Co-Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience Divisional Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, UO College of Arts and Sciences