The possibilities of the polygraph application and search for the new alternative methods of the instrumental lie detection dedicated to prevent new terrorist threats

Abstract

The article treats the possibilities of creating the alternative methods to the traditional polygraph checks, new methods of the lie detection with the help of the registration and the analysis of the evoked brain potentials, their application to verify the suspected people involvement into terrorist actions. It is underlined that the new methods have high reliability and validity to discover the hidden information about the terrorist acts at the stage of their planning