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Cleve Backster (b. 1924) is a polygraph scientist best
known for his discovery of "primary perception"
stemming from his experiments in biocommunication with
plant and animal cells. Prior to his founding of The Backster
Research Foundation, Inc. in 1965, Mr. Backster was Chairman
of the Research and instrument Committee of the Academy
for Scientific Interrogation, a post to which he was reappointed
for eight consecutive years. During his intensified research
activity, which started in 1958, he consolidated, refined
and expanded upon the then existing polygraph techniques.
This effort resulted in the development of the "Backster
Zone Comparison Technique" and the first system for
the numerical evaluation of polygraph charts. These developments
have been generally adopted as the standard throughout
the polygraph field and have been successfully employed
by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in
their ongoing research on computer assisted polygraph
chart analysis.
Backster
began using a Galvanic Skin Response portion of a lie
detector, to measure response capability in plants in
1966. The results of his biocommunication experiments
have since been widely termed the "Backster Effect"
and have been most famously discussed in "The Secret
Life of Plants" by Peter Tompkins and Christopher
Bird. Cleve Backster also published a complete volume
of his research findings in 2003, entitled, "Primary
Perception - Biocommunication with Plants, Living Foods,
and Human Cells." This work includes detailed descriptions
and charts of his 36 years of discoveries and latest findings.
He is currently director of the Backster School of Lie
Detection in San Diego, California." For more info:
www.primaryperception.com
(see
project here)
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