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The Modified Temptation Resistance Task: A Paradigm to Elicit Children's Strategic Lie-telling

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Published on: April 6, 2018

Telling lies: the irrepressible truth?

Emma J Williams¹, Lewis A Bott, John Patrick

¹School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

|April 11, 2013

Summary

Lying takes longer than telling the truth due to cognitive load. Factors like deciding to lie and constructing the lie, especially with multiple options, increase response times.

Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Behavioral Science

Background:

Telling lies consistently takes more time than telling the truth.
The precise cognitive mechanisms underlying this increased response time are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the cognitive processes that contribute to the longer response times associated with deception.
To differentiate between the decision to lie and the cognitive effort required to construct a lie.

Main Methods:

Participants were instructed or chose to either lie or tell the truth about the color of a presented square.
Response times were compared under conditions with a single lie option versus multiple lie options.
Lie plausibility was manipulated to examine response choice mechanisms.

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Main Results:

A greater difference in response times between lying and truth-telling was observed when participants were directed to lie compared to when they chose to lie.
The 'lying latency effect' was more pronounced when participants had multiple lie options versus a single option.
Lie plausibility influenced response choice mechanisms, indicating distinct processing requirements for deception.

Conclusions:

Both the decision to lie and the construction of a lie response contribute to increased processing demands.
The number of available lie options and their plausibility significantly impact the cognitive effort involved in deception.
These findings highlight multiple distinct mechanisms underlying the cognitive load associated with lying.