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The Forced Response is designed to increase cognitive load. A truthful person has little difficulty processing new information. Conversely, liars use all or most of their cognitive processing capacity to maintain their deception.
The use of such techniques
The use of such techniques explains why innocent morons end up on death row while intelligent liars get away with murder.
Sir, I believe you are
Sir, I believe you are talking about the American Legal System.
Not so
You may rest easy tonight. I can report with certainly that no one will go to prison if they fail the Poor Man's Polygraph. It is only an indicator of deception, not proof of deception. If these subtle techniques are not available to investigators, the fall back is a return to the old ways of torture.
Asshole move.
The forced response seems like an asshole move on the part of the user. It seems to me that innocent, but timid or easily intimidated people would just as likely be caught as 'guilty' with stuff like this.
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