Anticlimax Dampening Concept: It Does Exist
Anticlimax Dampening Concept: It Does Exist

Summary/Abstract: In recent years some examiners have tried to change the basic concepts of polygraphy by introducing questionable changes. I am still unsure whether these changes have any scientific grounds or simply served as an attempt to challenge the theories of our pioneers and in doing so to enter the hall of polygraph fame. One of these concepts was a psychological set which received a new name of “salience.” Many years ago the issue of the name versus its meaning was addressed by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2 “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

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