The Energy Department plans to end its across-the-board polygraph testing of job applicants and employees, according to a rule that department officials published in the Federal Register. The policy ...

Can a lie detector be made more honest? Yes, according to tech company Converus, if the human element is removed from the test administration process. It’s been 100 years since the invention of the ...

We all know people who lie. Sure, there are people who omit the truth, people who keep secrets. But how about those who don’t even blink when asked direct questions? Employers and law enforcement use ...

If fibs made noses grow, then Det. James Wardwell’s new police assignment would be unnecessary. But humans are cunning liars. So last summer, Wardwell, 41, and a cop for a decade, went to school to ...

Imagine if your mother had a polygraph. She’d know you lied after you ditched class to attend the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl parade. Or that time you left a Kleenex in your jeans and blamed it on your ...

An Indiana man who made thousands of dollars teaching people how to beat lie detector tests was sentenced to eight months in federal prison on Friday. Though Chad Dixon argued there was nothing ...

A computerized polygraph machine being used in a simulated situation in this 2007 file photo. In Colorado, experts are questioning the accuracy and cost of polygraph tests administered to sex ...

Imagine a future where electronic text messaging is tracked by an intelligent algorithm that can identify truth from lies. A new study from two US researchers suggests this kind of online polygraph is ...

Alan Teschendorf is a truth teller. As a polygraph examiner for the Illinois State Police, Teschendorf says he doesn't look for people who are lying. His goal is to find the truth. The Collinsville ...

On Friday, 8 January, Forensic Psycho-Physiologist, Lizette Snyman, visited Review offices where she did a polygraph test on journalist, Raeesa Kimmie, who was accused of stealing her employer’s ...