{"product_id":"the-lying-brain-melissa-m-littlefield-9780472051489","title":"The Lying Brain: Lie Detection in Science and Science Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Lying Brain\u003c\/i\u003e is a study to take seriously. Its argument is timely, clear, and of particular importance to the enlargement of our understanding of the relationships among science studies, literary studies, and technology studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e---Ronald Schleifer, University of Oklahoma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReal and imagined machines, including mental microscopes, thought translators, and polygraphs, have long promised to detect deception in human beings. Now, via fMRI and EEG, neuroscientists seem to have found what scientists, lawyers, and law enforcement officials have sought for over a century: foolproof lie detection. But are these new lie detection technologies any different from their predecessors? \u003ci\u003eThe Lying Brain\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explore the cultural history of an array of lie detection technologies: their ideological assumptions, the scientific and fictional literatures that create and market them, and the literacies required for their interpretation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy examining a rich archive of materials about lie detection---from science to science fiction---\u003ci\u003eThe Lying Brain\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the interconnections of science, literature, and popular culture in the development and dissemination of deception detection in the American cultural imagination. As Melissa Littlefield demonstrates, neuroscience is not building a more accurate lie detector; it is simply recycling centuries-old ideologies about deception and its detection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover art: \"Human Brain\" (c) Denis Barbulet, courtesy of Shutterstock.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa M. Littlefield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472051482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472051489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Melissa M. Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086699507967,"sku":"9780472051489","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8976531-3bba-41d1-b461-2115269574e8.jpg?v=1769096064","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lying-brain-melissa-m-littlefield-9780472051489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}