Limited capacity to lie: Cognitive load interferes with being dishonest

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-206

  Van't Veer, Anna E ^a   Stel, Mariëlle ^a   van Beest, Ilja ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing capacity; Deception; Decision making; Dual system; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901676894     PISSN: 19302975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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