Friday, September 11th, from noon – 12:50 p.m.Room C1095
Abstract:
What do polygraph lie detector tests measure? How do they work? How would you try to beat one? How accurate are they? How are the test results used?
Wonder no more! Dave will explore the answers to these questions on Friday. His interest in polygraph lie detection stems from his graduate work at the University of Minnesota. His graduate advisor, Bill Iacono, is one of the most prominent researchers in the area of polygraph lie detection. David's doctoral thesis examined the degree to which polygraph test results influenced prospective jurors as they evaluated descriptions of criminal cases.
Presenter Bio:
Dave Lake received his B.A. in Psychology from Oberlin College, where he was a research assistant in a laboratory which focused on the processes of face recognition and the recognition of facial displays of emotion. After returning home to his native Madison, WI, in order to work in a medical sociology research lab and pursue as much Ultimate Frisbee as possible in as many states and continents as he could for two years, he moved to the Twin Cities to study Psychology at The University of Minnesota. While pursuing a Ph.D. in the Biological Psychopathology program at the University, he researched the emotional experience of people with schizophrenia and the ways that various physiological and neurological measurements could be used to identify those who have inherited a risk for schizophrenia. When not teaching at Normandale, he spends time with his wife and four cats (he’s not quite sure how they have accumulated so many), and studies Arabic percussion.
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