New forensic lab for CBI opens in Mumbai
June 4th, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Navi Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) A state-of-the-art forensic laboratory, exclusively for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was inaugurated in Belapur here Monday, an official said.
Inaugurated by CBI Special ... Read more...
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A machine that can tell when you’re lying
March 27th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 27 (IANS) Computer scientists, taking inspiration from the human face, are exploring whether machines can detect lies.In a study of 40 videotaped conversations, an automated system that ... Read more...
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Hips don’t lie: Scientists
November 14th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 14 (IANS) Your hips could reveal your innermost secrets -- details about your mood, your health and even if you are telling lies.Rory Wilson, professor of aquatic biology ... Read more...
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Elderly tend to be bad liars
May 30th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 30 (IANS) Older people cannot lie as convincingly as younger people and are worse at detecting when others are lying, a study says.
Psychology researchers Ted Ruffman, Janice ... Read more...
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Verbal methods of lie detection work better than non-verbal ones
February 17th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): A new study has suggested that verbal methods of lie detection may work far better than non-verbal ones.Aldert Vrij of the University of Portsmouth, Anders Granhag of the ... Read more...
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Separating wheat of truth from chaff of lies not easy
February 17th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 17 (IANS) The behavioural difference between liars and truth-tellers is thin. Is there a way to separate the wheat of truth from a chaff of lies? A new report discusses ... Read more...
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Honesty is always the best policy for job seekers
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 2 (ANI): Looking for a job? Don't lie on your resume, suggests a new study, which found honesty pays off for job seekers.When job applicants were warned that a ... Read more...
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P300 brain waves can help accurately predict terror attacks
August 1st, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) A technology based on P300, an electrical brain wave response, can help scientists peer into the mind of a terrorist to know how, when and where the next ... Read more...
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Soon, eye movement-based lie detector test
July 17th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): Our eye movements have long been thought to reveal whether we are telling the truth or lying. Now a group of University of Utah researchers are using eye-tracking ... Read more...
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Violet Kowal Claims Mel Gibson Is Great In Bed!
May 11th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
May 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The news of Ace Hollywood actor Mel Gibson cheating on Oksana Grigorieva is doing the rounds in the internet celebrity gossip sites nowadays. Allegedly he had ... Read more...
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Asaram school death report handed to court
April 7th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 7 (IANS) The state CID department Wednesday handed over its report to the Gujarat High Court on the death of two children who went missing from the Asaram Ashram residential ... Read more...
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New computer program studies handwriting to detect liars
August 29th, 2009 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): While experts have long been trying to use handwriting as a tool in forensic labs or their personality traits, researchers have now developed a computerized tool that can ... Read more...
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Handwriting can unravel real you with help of computerised tool
August 28th, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Down the ages, experts and laymen have been trying to crack the handwriting code in a bid to detect one's personality traits or gauge their innocence in criminal ... Read more...
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New lie-detection methods not better than old ones, says expert
June 3rd, 2009 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 3 (ANI): A renowned scholar has cast doubts on the efficiency of new lie-detection methods.The conventional truth-seeking technologies have been replaced by new brain-based techniques such as functional magnetic resonance ... Read more...
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Police for brain mapping of suspects in Mona Suri murder
October 31st, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Delhi Police Friday told a city court they would conduct brain mapping tests on four suspects allegedly involved in the murder of fashion designer Mona Suri last ... Read more...
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Plea against lie-detector tests in Aarushi murder case dismissed
July 3rd, 2008 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a petition by a lawyers' body questioning the use of various modern crime detection techniques like brain-mapping and narco-analysis by the Central ... Read more...
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Remote lie detection tests may soon be a reality
April 3rd, 2008 - 5:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 3 (ANI): A new proof-of-concept may lay the foundation for lie detection tests wherein investigators will be able to remotely monitor blood pressure, pulse rate, and sweating among people ... Read more...
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