The lying brain : lie detection in science and science fiction / Melissa M. Littlefield.

  • Littlefield, Melissa M., 1979-
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[2011], ©2011
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Publication/Creation

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

x, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-190) and index.

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.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780472071487
  • 0472071483
  • 9780472051489
  • 0472051482