Open AccessLie detection by functional magnetic resonance imaging
Author(s) -
Lee Tatia M.C.,
Liu HoLing,
Tan LiHai,
Chan Chetwyn C.H.,
Mahankali Srikanth,
Feng ChingMei,
Hou Jinwen,
Fox Peter T.,
Gao JiaHong
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human brain mapping
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.005
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1097-0193
pISSN - 1065-9471
DOI - 10.1002/hbm.10020
Subject(s) - malingering , deception , functional magnetic resonance imaging , lie detection , psychology , lying , memory impairment , neuroscience , audiology , magnetic resonance imaging , functional impairment , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychiatry , cognition , social psychology , radiology
The accurate detection of deception or lying is a challenge to experts in many scientific disciplines. To investigate if specific cerebral activation characterized feigned memory impairment, six healthy male volunteers underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging with a block‐design paradigm while they performed forced‐choice memory tasks involving both simulated malingering and under normal control conditions. Malingering that demonstrated the existence and involvement of a prefrontal‐parietal‐sub‐cortical circuit with feigned memory impairment produced distinct patterns of neural activation. Because astute liars feign memory impairment successfully in testing once they understand the design of the measure being employed, our study represents an extremely significant preliminary step towards the development of valid and sensitive methods for the detection of deception. Hum. Brain Mapping 15:157–164, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.