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P300 ERP

Definition

A positive-going scalp electrical potential peaking approximately 300 ms after presentation of a significant, infrequent, or unexpected stimulus. Used in EEG-based concealed-information testing (Brain Fingerprinting / BEOS) as a marker of stimulus recognition.

Related terms

AI Act Article 5(1)(F)
The EU AI Act prohibition on AI systems that infer emotions, intentions, or characteristics from biometric data in law-enforcement and related contexts....
BEOS / Brain Fingerprinting
Lawrence Farwell's EEG-based method using the P300 event-related potential to detect concealed knowledge of crime-relevant items. Addressed by the Indian Supreme Court...
BOLD Signal
Blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal; the measure in fMRI that captures changes in the ratio of oxyhaemoglobin to deoxyhaemoglobin as a proxy for neural activity....
Cephos Corporation
A US company that offered commercial fMRI lie-detection services from approximately 2006. Its technique was excluded from evidence in US v. Semrau...
Daubert Standard
The US federal evidentiary standard (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 1993) requiring that expert testimony be based on scientifically valid methods with...
Ecological Validity
The degree to which a measurement or test procedure produces results that generalise from the controlled laboratory context to the real-world condition...
Greely-Illes Critique (2007)
Henry Greely and Judy Illes's 2007 analysis in the American Journal of Law and Medicine identifying five categories of problem with fMRI...
No Lie MRI
A San Diego-based company offering fMRI lie-detection services during the same period as Cephos. No court has admitted No Lie MRI evidence...
US V. Semrau (2010/2012)
The US district court Daubert hearing (2010) and Sixth Circuit affirmance (2012) excluding Cephos fMRI lie-detection evidence on grounds of insufficient testability,...

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