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The lying brain : lie detection in science and science fiction /

A cultural history of deception detection from science to science fiction.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Littlefield, Melissa M., 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2011]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Selling the psychological detective: Hugo Munsterberg's applied psychology and The achievements of Luther Trant, 1907-30
  • The science of lying in a laboratory: William Marston's deceptive consciousness, 1913-22
  • Thought in translation: reading the mind in science and science fiction, 1930-50
  • Without a trace: brain fingerprinting, biometrics, and body snatching
  • A tremor in the brain: fMRI lie detection, brain fingerprinting, and the organ of deceit in post-9/11 America
  • Coda: lie detection as patterned repetition, from The demolished man to The truth machine.