Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2010

Seiten: 258-267

Zeitschrift: International Journal of Psychophysiology

Bandnummer: 75

Heftnummer: 3

ISSN: 0167-8760

eISSN: 1872-7697

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.12.007

Verlag: Elsevier

Abstract: 

A Concealed Information Test (CIT) investigates differential physiological responses to deed-related (probe) vs. irrelevant items. The present study focused on the detection of concealed information using simultaneous recordings of autonomic and brain electrical measures. As a secondary issue, verbal and pictorial presentations were compared with respect to their influence on the recorded measures.

Thirty-one participants underwent a mock-crime scenario with a combined verbal and pictorial presentation of nine items. The subsequent CIT, designed with respect to event-related potential (ERP) measurement, used a 3-3.5 s interstimulus interval. The item presentation modality, i.e. pictures or written words, was varied between subjects: no response was required from the participants. In addition to electroencephalogram (EEG), electrodermal activity (EDA), electrocardiogram (ECG), respiratory activity, and finger plethysmogram were recorded.

A significant probe-vs.-irrelevant effect was found for each of the measures. Compared to sole ERP measurement, the combination of ERP and EDA yielded incremental information for detecting concealed information. Although, EDA per se did not reach the predictive value known from studies primarily designed for peripheral physiological measurement.

Presentation modality neither influenced the detection accuracy for autonomic measures nor EEG measures; this underpins the equivalence of verbal and pictorial item presentation in a CIT, regardless of the physiological measures recorded.

Future studies should further clarify whether the incremental validity observed in the present study reflects a differential sensitivity of ERP and EDA to different sub-processes in a CIT. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Harvard-Zitierstil: Ambach, W., Bursch, S., Stark, R. and Vaitl, D. (2010) A Concealed Information Test with multimodal measurement, International Journal of Psychophysiology, 75(3), pp. 258-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.12.007

APA-Zitierstil: Ambach, W., Bursch, S., Stark, R., & Vaitl, D. (2010). A Concealed Information Test with multimodal measurement. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 75(3), 258-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.12.007