A repeated lie becomes a truth? The effect of intentional control and training on deception

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Xiaoqing ^a,b   Chen, Hao ^a   Fu, Genyue ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Deception; Differentiation of deception paradigm; Instruction; Intentional control; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870914208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00488     Document Type: Article

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