Good liars are neither 'dark' nor self-deceptive

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Wright, Gordon R T ^a   Berry, Christopher J ^b   Catmur, Caroline ^c   Bird, Geoffrey ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEPTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIE; MALE; NARCISSISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; MACHIAVELLIANISM; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939153072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127315     Document Type: Article

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