How to Beat a Lie Detector Test

Posted March 26th, 2011.

People want to know how to beat a lie detector test for a variety of reasons. Some are guilty of something and wish to hide that fact. Others are just afraid of the reliability of the polygraph – and with good reason. The best way to beat it is to not take it, but if you must be tested you can learn specific countermeasures. These involve purposely creating physiological overreactions to control questions in order to make responses to the relevant questions less noticeable by comparison. In other words, if you normally react strongly to certain questions, then even the response that comes with nervousness or outright lying is seen as normal – and therefore not a sign of deception.