When All Signs Point to You: Lies Told in the Face of Evidence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-49

  Evans, Angela D ^a   Xu, Fen ^b,c   Lee, Kang ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Deception; Executive functioning; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79551523395     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020787     Document Type: Article

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