| Title: |
Classification Accuracy of the Event-Related Potentials-Based 'Brain Fingerprinting' and Its Robustness to Direct-Suppression and Thought-Substitution Countermeasures |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Afzali, M. Usman (ORCID 0000-0001-5119-9388); Jones, Richard D. (ORCID 0000-0003-2287-3358); Seren-Grace, Alex P. (ORCID 0000-0003-3084-1452); Palmer, Robin W. (ORCID 0000-0003-1949-4146); Makarious, Dena; Rodrigues, Mariana N. B. (ORCID 0000-0001-8387-2012); Neumann, Ewald (ORCID 0000-0001-6494-0294) |
| Source: |
Applied Cognitive Psychology. May-Jun 2023 37(3):480-495. |
| Availability: |
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
16 |
| Publication Date: |
2023 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Classification; Accuracy; Diagnostic Tests; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Memory; Cognitive Processes; Comparative Analysis |
| DOI: |
10.1002/acp.4050 |
| ISSN: |
0888-4080; 1099-0720 |
| Abstract: |
Research on the accuracy of Brain Fingerprinting (BFP) has produced mixed outcomes: some report 99.9% and others report lower. Furthermore, no studies have measured the susceptibility of BFP to countermeasures. In Experiment-1, we report the accurate classification of 15 of the 16 subjects, tested on their own real-life autobiographical incidents; and 14 of the 15 other subjects, tested on another subject's real-life autobiographical incidents. In Experiment-2, 16 subjects of Experiment-1, who were tested on their own real-life incidents, participated in the BFP test again, but this time employing either direct-suppression or thought-substitution (n = 8 each) countermeasures. We report that neither direct-suppression nor thought-substitution was effective at concealing information that BFP was designed to reveal. We assert that BFP is a highly accurate, albeit not perfect, concealed-knowledge detection technology and that it is resistant to memory suppression and thought substitution countermeasures in the context of autobiographical incidents. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2023 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1376982 |
| Database: |
ERIC |