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Ramel Report Final
Ramel Report Final
Development of
Galvanograph
Component
Reporter: Ramel P. Cosmiano
1. LUIGI GALVANI
▪ Born September 9, 1737, Bologna, Papal States
▪ Italian Physiologist
▪ He accorded the distinction for developing the
galvanic skin reflex or the galvanometer, which
records electrical bodily resistance in term of ohm.
▪ His name is associated with "Veraguth"s fold", a fold of skin on the upper
eyelid that purportedly is a characteristic of individuals suffering from
depression.
▪ In 1900 he obtained his habilitation for neurology, and in 1918 was
appointed associate professor of physical therapy at the University of
Zurich.
▪ On February 2, 1935, he conducted the first use of his invention, the Keeler
Polygraph—otherwise known as the lie detector.
▪ Keeler used the lie detector on two criminals in Portage, Wisconsin, who
were later convicted of assault when the lie detector results were introduced
in court.
▪ 1906, Sir James Mackenzie refined his clinical polygraph of 1892 when he
devised the clinical ink polygraph with the help of Lancashire watchmaker,
Sebastian Shaw.
4. DR. JOSEPH F. KUBIS
▪ Joseph Kubis was born about 1911. In 1940, he was 29
years old and lived in Kings, New York, with his wife,
Stella, son, and daughter.
▪ The first researcher to use potential computer
applications for polygraph chart analysis in the late
1970s (Brief History of the Polygraph, n.d)
5. DRS. JOHN C. KIRCHER AND
DAVID C. RASKIN