12 Questions
Who was credited with developing the galvanic skin reflex (GSR) or the galvanometer?
Luigi Galvani
Which scientist employed the first scientific instrument to detect deception?
Cesare Lombroso
Who is known as the 'Founding Father of Criminal Profiling'?
Dr. Hans Gross
Which scientist refined his clinical polygraph in an article titled 'The Ink Polygraph'?
Sir James Mackenzie
Which scientist used a modified hydrosphygmograph to measure physiological changes during police interrogations?
Cesare Lombroso
Who stated that 'a large part of the criminal work is nothing more than a battle against lies'?
Dr. Hans Gross
Who was the first to use the term 'psychogalvanic reflex'?
Otto Veraguth
Who proposed that lie tests based on lie detectors should be admissible as evidence in court?
Hugo Munsterberg
According to Harold Burtt, which physiological changes were more indicative of deception?
Changes in systolic blood pressure
What type of instrument did William Moulton Marston use to record blood pressure readings during tests?
Sphygmomanometer
What did John Augustus Larson's 'Larson Polygraph' instrument continuously record?
Blood pressure, pulse, and respiration
Which researcher experimented with the WAT (word association test) technique before abandoning it in favor of a narrative type answer and cross-questioning?
William Moulton Marston
Test your knowledge on the groundbreaking work of Luigi Galvani and Cesare Lombroso in the field of physiology. Learn about the development of the galvanic skin reflex and the first scientific instrument for detecting deception.
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