The Lying Brain: Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction

by Melissa M. Littlefield

Book Overview

"The Lying Brain is a study to take seriously. Its argument is timely, clear, and of particular importance to the enlargement of our understanding of the relationships among science studies, literary studies, and technology studies."
---Ronald Schleifer, University of Oklahoma

Real and imagined machines, including mental microscopes, thought translators, and polygraphs, have long promised to detect deception in human beings. Now,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472071483
• ISBN13: 9780472071487
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"