Talk:Penile plethysmography

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Some questions for someone who knows more on the subject:

I have read that plethysmography has been used to diagnose clinical paedophilia, by determining if a person is aroused by pictures of children more than by conventional pornography. Is this still being used?
What does the current scientific literature say about the reliability of this method? There have been plenty of criticisms of other technological means of measuring people's mental states, such as the polygraph, recently. I would expect much of the same would apply.
How about legal precedents? Where is plethysmography accepted as evidence (e.g. of paedophilia)?

--FOo 18:19, 12 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Oh, and how does it compare with the fruit machine? --FOo

Critique of methodological problems - section[edit]

This section has 2 citations. The first book, "Science and Pseudoscience" did not make any mention that I could find of anything related to the methodological critiques listed. While I could not access the full copy of the second book referenced, "At the Fringes of Science," I was unable to locate any relevant passages. Is there a more specific reference available, or is this perhaps an error? 198.48.173.23 (talk) 03:46, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]