Do lie detector tests work with aspies?

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does anyone know?

They should, given that they measure the physiological signs of anxiety, and those seem pretty much the same from AS to NT. Body language doesn't enter into it, which might make them more accurate than an NT trying to read non-existent or odd body language.

Then again, an Aspie might become anxious over being asked a difficult question and coming up with a true answer--so you could be more likely to get false positives for those who became anxious in such situations.

Even with NTs, a lie detector isn't foolproof.

Not first hand,but as a child,I could lie my back teeth off and be believed,or if upset,was incapable of not seeming guilty as hell of anything...like if a mean kid told on me for something I did not do,I'd get so upset,my parents would be sure I'd done it.

Lying easily isn't the same thing as deceiving a lie detector, though.

It's said that people with antisocial personality disorder can fool lie detectors more than most because lying does not make them tense.

No they don't and that makes the 'man' very uncomfortable.

Why wouldn't they?

Uh, yes, I'm talking about a polygraph. That's what most people call a "lie detector".

I did mention that they're not foolproof, yes? Obviously you can't detect a lie directly.

They do ask you to deliberately lie on a question to get your baseline response... so if your anxiety response is different from most people's, or if you don't have an anxiety response to lying, the changes on the readouts (blood pressure, pulse, breathing, galvanic skin response, etc.) will be different in that initial calibration too.

The loophole here is that you may become more anxious when asked to answer a complex question, whether you answered it truthfully or not.

All I know is that there have been people who have implied that I was lying when I was in fact telling the truth. Those are the same people who think they are good at reading body language, etc. Like, if they ask you a question, and you scratch your nose, they automatically conclude that your scratching your nose means you are lying...

Believe me. Look at my picture. I have taken dozens of polygraph tests but they haven't got me yet.

I have lived a less than socially acceptable life so on some occassions I have come into contact with law enforcement agencies.

I've beaten them, either by over-reacting to every question, or by not reacting at all. It bothered the examiner each time.

Always insist upon a time limit.

i was an AS criminal who couldn't and didn't lie.......


oh...and hey fnordie....how's it going?



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I don't think there would be any difference whether you are NT or ASD for a lie detector test... And Mythbusters proved you can fool a lie detector.