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Artificial memories?[edit]
In the Alternative Tests section, there are two lines regarding the use of fMRIs in lie detection which state "It could also explain which parts of the brain are active when subjects use artificial memories" and "Recalling artificial memories are known to activate the posterior cingulate cortex". However, absolutely no explanation is given for what on Earth an "artificial memory" is. I certainly couldn't find it by googling "artificial memory" (including in conjuction with polygraph and fmri search terms). The Wikipedia article "Exceptional memory" has a small part saying there's considered two types of memory, natural and artificial, with artificial being at least related to mnemonics and possibly related to learning in general, but it's not very clear either and it's not even certain that's the same contextual meaning of the term "artificial memory". In other words, I'm going to add a "clarification needed" tag/template, and this part of the article really needs someone to go in and fix that bit. Thanks! Xmoogle (talk) 20:22, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
TV episodes[edit]
A lot of space in this article - most of the section “Society and culture” - was taken up by recounting TV shows in which a polygraph is used to supposedly solve a case or reveal the truth. IMO this coverage was way excessive and added little or no relevant information to the article - and most of it was unsourced to boot. I have provided sources for a few of the more directly relevant items. The others were detailed retellings of a particular episode of a TV show in which a polygraph is featured, either to reveal the truth or to fool the machine. None of them was referenced and I have deleted them all. Anyone object? If so, please explain why you think they are significant and provide references. -- MelanieN (talk) 17:14, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Effective[edit]
Johndoe2230 I don't know what you mean by "are 98% effective". Effectiveness is neither reliability nor validity, so I don't know what you mean. I cannot make heads or tails of it. How do you define effectiveness? How do you measure it? What are WP:RS for it? What you wrote is grammatically correct, but it does not have meaning. In plaintext: tell us where did you read that polygraph examinations are 98% effective. Tgeorgescu (talk) 23:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Uncited material in need of citations[edit]
I am moving the following uncited material here until it can be properly supported with inline citations of reliable, secondary sources, per WP:V, WP:CS, WP:IRS, WP:PSTS, WP:BLP, WP:NOR, et al. This diff shows where it was in the article. Nightscream (talk) 17:41, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
- @Quickfix1: It is true what you say, but it needs a source. tgeorgescu (talk) 22:49, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
- Service: That refers to this reinsertion of one of the paragraphs below. --Hob Gadling (talk) 08:57, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
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