I don’t have the firmest grasp on the way a polygraph functions, but I’ve just had this thought a lot.
Could a polygraph help people uncover repressed memories? For example if a person suspects they were being harmed as a child, but can’t remember details, could a polygraph help them get more answers? Like by asking specific questions maybe related to what a person suspects happened and detecting how they respond.
Or, is a polygraph only useful to detect truth/a lie about things someone is certain about and remembers fully?
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Multiplying one pseudoscience with another does not result in real science so no, you can’t.
Repressed memories are not a real thing and polygraphs are just a placebo interrigation technique that gets you to talk by convincing you they already know the truth. Technobabble, blinky lights and wires are just props to sell the deception and get under your skin.
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