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thumb|American inventor Leonarde Keeler testing his improved polygraph on [[Arthur Koehler, a former witness for the prosecution at the 1935 trial of Richard Hauptmann]]
A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a pseudoscientific device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked and answers a series of questions. The belief underpinning the use of the polygraph is that deceptive answers will produce physiological responses that can be differentiate
Cleve Backster
Introduced polygraph or "lie-detector" tests, worked in the CIA. Later performed experiments and theorized "plant perception". (1924-2013)