Brain and Cognition

Some New Technologies

Most prominent in the public media are concerns about another technology, the
use of lie detectors, which is also based on the assessment of physiological
processes. Questions include how accurate these devices are and whether they
should be used for making administrative decisions. Although the technologies
discussed in this report have not received a comparable amount of public
attention, their use raises the same issues of accuracy and ethics. With regard to
accuracy, ...