A Few Prolific Liars: Variation in the Prevalence of Lying

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-157

  Serota, Kim B ^a   Levine, Timothy R ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

deception; lies; Poisson distribution; prevalence; prolific liars

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922262527     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X14528804     Document Type: Article

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