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Science Buddies: Pinocchio's Arm: A Lie Detector Test ActivityScience Buddies: Pinocchio's Arm: A Lie Detector Test Activity
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Science Buddies
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6th - 8th
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1220L
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Science Buddies: Pinocchio's Arm: A Lie Detector Test

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You might be surprised to learn that you have been practicing skills closely tied to lying if you have ever seen someone in pain, or mimicked your favorites sports athlete. In this science fair project, you will discover how your brain gets a workout when it moves from truth-telling to lying, and how you can detect the shift.

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Concepts

human biology, the brain

Additional Tags

brain, detection, lie, lie detector, lying, polygraph, science fair project, truth, science buddies, theory of mind, fmri

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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