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Articles on Lying
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Researchers analyzed troves of messages sent between matches and found that the fibs people tell are usually rational ones that serve a purpose.
Children lying is rarely cause for concern and actually means your child is developmentally normal.
The bullshitter may do even more damage than the liar in politics.
Perception of truth and lies changes between languages for bilingual speakers.
People lie because it is more likely to get them what they want.
In a new study, psychologists observed young children in real time figuring out how not to tell the truth.
Using mind reading technologies in court could become common practice.
It's become popular among politicians to say they 'misspoke' when they are caught in a lie.
Alternate realities don't just exist in politics – and not all falsehoods are lies. Distortions of the truth can range from a normal part of human nature to pathological.
fMRI brain scans are coming frighteningly close to opening a window into our thoughts.
Inflating his own grand persona is Trump's sole goal, and he doesn't care whether or not you believe him.
Researcher who has studied online news for 20 years says people fall for fake news because they don't value journalistic sources and consider themselves and their friends as credible news sources.
A recent study suggested that the brain becomes accustomed to lying, making people merely puppets of their brains. That's too simple an explanation – and one that lets liars off the hook.
Lies, Twitter bots and sensation reign in the era of for-profit digital media.
Unravelling the complex pros and cons of fibbing.
Fibbers beware: experts have developed a new digital lie detector.
Stories about Santa can help to develop imagination, so there’s nothing wrong with bringing a little joyful magic into your child’s life.
Feeling queasy? How about deceitful? New research shows feelings of disgust encourage unethical, self-interested behaviours such as lying to get more money. At first look, these findings would suggest…
Lying is often seen as bad behaviour in children. Fairy tales and folk stories, from Aesop’s Peter who cried wolf to Washington’s cherry tree tell children to be honest and never lie. But what can we do…
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