The Drug Enforcement Administration has for years violated its own policy of ruling out for employment candidates who fail or cheat on a polygraph examination, according to a watchdog review, which ...

Most people think polygraphs — also called lie-detector tests — can determine whether you're lying. But the technology has its critics. "The public needs to know that polygraph testing has no ...

Eighty years ago this week, inventor Leonarde Keeler proudly proclaimed his expert testimony before a Wisconsin jury to be “a signal victory for those who believe in scientific crime detection.” One ...

In recent decades, decision scientists and policy advisers have worked to develop systematic methods for resolving hard decision problems that arise in business, medicine and public policy (Raiffa, ...

From schlocky daytime TV (Did you cheat on your girlfriend?) to police interrogations (Did you shoot him?), the old-fashioned polygraph is still considered a reliable way to get to the truth by many ...

Derry York, ex-cop and licensed polygraph examiner, offers this advice on his website: If you're going to lie, your best option is not to take the test. Don't waste time trying to learn how to beat ...