The polygraph, known more commonly as the “lie detector,” has a long and controversial history as a forensic tool, but it has also been used in a variety of other contexts, including employment ...

Recently I stumbled upon a psychology research report, “Verbal Lie Detection: Its Past, Present and Future.” Given the ...

In Season 8, Episode 10 of "The Simpsons" — an episode parodying the popular 1990s sci-fi thriller "The X-Files" — Homer Simpson is being questioned by two federal agents at a police station. "This is ...

Gary Coleman’s ex-wife, Shannon Price, took a polygraph test (sometimes known as as a "lie detector") to clear up any lingering suspicions that she was involved in her late husband’s death. In what ...

The Omaha Police Department has eliminated one of its requirements for hiring new recruits — the polygraph test, commonly ...

The head of a federal agency was reportedly given a polygraph test after an apparent news leak — even though such “lie detection” measures are considered junk science. As Politico reports, a lie ...

The Department of Homeland Security is "unapologetic" about using lie-detector tests on staffers as it aims to snuff out "leakers" who feed internal agency information to the public, Fox News Digital ...

Per the official ruling from the medical examiner, there was nothing suspicious about Gary Coleman’s death. The death of the late actor at age 42, following a fall in his Santaquin, Utah, home in 2010 ...