Polygraph testing is supported by most informed scientists. This is because they have read some or all of the scientific research that establishes polygraph’s accuracy rate.
Scientific research into polygraph accuracy has been going on since 1917, when a Harvard psychologist named William Marston published the first-ever experiments dealing with polygraph-based lie detection. Since then, thousands of experimental reports and articles have been published around the world, in some of the most prestigious scientific journals.
What this research tells us is that if a polygraph exam is done properly, by a skilled and experienced examiner, using the best methodologies, techniques and equipment, accuracy can be as high as 96%.
Dr. Rovner is a polygraph examiner with a private practice in Los Angeles, California.
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