Litigation

Detecting Liars: A New Method?

By Evan Schaeffer

From Wired Science: "Lie-Detection Brain Scan Could Be Used in Court for First Time"--

A Brooklyn attorney hopes to break new ground this week when he offers a brain scan as evidence that a key witness in a civil trial is telling the truth, Wired.com has learned.

If the fMRI scan is admitted, it would be a legal first in the United States and could have major consequences for the future of neuroscience in court.

It seems unlikely such a scan would be admissible. There are still plenty of low-tech methods of exposing liars, however--see this article at Psychology Today: "Top 10 Secrets of Effective Liars."

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1. "Deposition Tip: Help with Sniffing Out the Liars"

2. "Tip for Spotting Liars: Ask for the Story in Reverse"

Full post as published by The Illinois Trial Practice Blog on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).