Learning to lie: Effects of practice on the cognitive cost of lying

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Van Bockstaele, B ^a   Verschuere, B ^a,b,c   Moens, T ^a   Suchotzki, Kristina ^a   Debey, Evelyne ^a   Spruyt, Adriaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Deception; Intentionality; Lie detection; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870946012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00526     Document Type: Article

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