Filed in archive Miscellany by kevin on October 31, 2005

Polygraphs use electrocardiograms (ECGs) to measure changes in heart rate and sweating to detect lies. But researchers say the stomach and gastrointestinal tract are also extremely sensitive to stress, and this mind-stomach connection may betray even the best liars.

Their results suggest that adding gastrointestinal monitoring to standard polygraph techniques may increase the accuracy of lie-detection methods, which are about 90% accurate.

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Response from: Helge (11/01/05 3:07pm)

Very exciting new result of science - I used it on my blog (your neighbour) http://www.gesundheits-weblog.de/
Thank you!

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