Combining physiological measures in the detection of concealed information.
Meta-analytic research has confirmed that skin conductance response (SCR) measures have high validity for the detection of concealed information. Furthermore, cumulating research has provided evidence for the validity of two other autonomic measures: Heart rate (HR) and Respiration Line Length (RLL). In the present report, we compared SCR detection efficiency with HR and RLL, and investigated whether HR and RLL provide incremental validity to electrodermal responses. Analyses were based on data from 7 different samples covering 275 guilty and 53 innocent examinees. Results revealed that the area under the ROC curve was significantly higher for SCR than for HR and RLL. A weighted combination of these measures using a logistic regression model yielded slightly larger validity coefficients than the best single measure. These results proved to be stable across different protocols and various samples.
Gamer
Matthias
M
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. m.gamer@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Verschuere
Bruno
B
Crombez
Geert
G
Vossel
Gerhard
G
D000328:Adult; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response / Q000502:physiology*; D006167:Guilt; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008014:Lie Detection / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult