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A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector, is a device that measures and records several clinical biomarkers, such as blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and skin conductivity, and it is used while a person answers a series of questions to purportedly detect lies. Polygraphic assessments rely on the discredited assumption that…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polygraph | is a | American phenomenon | 0.90 | text |
| Polygraph | is a | subject of the documentary film The Lie Detector | 0.90 | text |
| post-traumatic stress disorder | instance of | anxiety disorders | 0.80 | text |
| Aldrich Ames | instance of | failures to expose individuals | 0.80 | text |
| Larry Wu-Tai Chin | instance of | failures to expose individuals | 0.80 | text |
| and other inabilities to show a scientific justification for the use of the polygraph | instance of | failures to expose individuals | 0.80 | text |
| it continues to be employed | instance of | failures to expose individuals | 0.80 | text |
| petty theft | instance of | he truthfully answered a series of questions admitting to minor crimes | 0.80 | text |
| drug abuse | instance of | he truthfully answered a series of questions admitting to minor crimes | 0.80 | text |
| The Jeremy Kyle Show used polygraph tests extensively | instance of | shows | 0.80 | text |
| double-agent Aldrich Ames | instance of | in overseas locations only.Notable casesPolygraphy has been faulted for failing to trap known spies | 0.80 | text |
| who passed two polygraph tests while spying for the Soviet Union | instance of | in overseas locations only.Notable casesPolygraphy has been faulted for failing to trap known spies | 0.80 | text |
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