Self-deceived individuals are better at deceiving others

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Lamba, Shakti ^a,b   Nityananda, Vivek ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL THEORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929941595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104562     Document Type: Article

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