polygraph test and subsequently confessed to murdering his wife. In the 2002 disappearance of seven-year-old Danielle van Dam of San Diego, police suspected neighbor David Westerfield; he became the prime suspect when he allegedly failed a polygraph test. See also Bogus pipeline Cleve Backster Doug Williams (polygraph critic) Ecological fallacy Ronald Pelton Silent Talker Lie Detector Voice stress analysis P300 (neuroscience)#Applications References Further reading Bunn, Geoffrey C. The Truth Machine: A Social History of the Lie Detector (Johns Hopkins University Press; 2012) 256 pages Blinkhorn, S. (1988) "Lie Detection as a psychometric procedure" In "The Polygraph Test" (Gale, A. ed. 1988) 29–39. Cumming, Alfred (Specialist in Intelligence and National Security). "Polygraph Use by the Department of Energy: Issues for Congress." (Archive) Congressional Research Service. February 9, 2009. Maschke, G.W. & Scalabrini, G.J. (2018) The Lie Behind the Lie Detector. 5th ed. Available on-line at Learn How to Pass (or Beat) a Polygraph Test. McCarthy, Susan. "Passing the polygraph." Salon. March 2, 2000. Taylor, Marisa (Tish Wells contributed). "Feds expand polygraph screening, often seeking intimate facts." McClatchy. December 6, 2012. Woodrow, Michael J. "The Truth about the Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Examination 3rd Edition" Lulu Press. New York External links AntiPolygraph.org , a website critical of polygraph The Polygraph Museum Historical photographs and descriptions of polygraph instruments. The North American Polygraph and Psychophysiology: Disinterested, Uninterested, and Interested Perspectives by John J. Furedy, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Spring/Summer 1996 Trial By Ordeal? Polygraph Testing In Australia "Thought Wave Lie Detector Measures Current in Nerves" Popular Mechanics, July 1937 Pseudoscience American inventions Physiological instruments Forensic equipment 1902 introductions Polygraphy Articles containing video clips