polygraphs in English
noun
1
a machine designed to detect and record changes in physiological characteristics, such as a person's pulse and breathing rates, used especially as a lie detector.
Lie-detector technology has moved on from cumbersome polygraphs that measure physiological responses to questions.
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1. Admissability of Polygraph Tests: The Application of Scientific Standards Post-Daubert For nearly 75 years, psychologically-based evaluations of deceptiveness -- so-called lie-detector tests, now referred to as polygraphs -- have been at the forefront of legal controversy about the admissibility of scientific evidence