Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus Activation as a Neural Marker of Successful Lying

Right Inferior Frontal Gyrus Activation as a Neural Marker of Successful Lying

There is evidence to suggest that successful lying necessitates cognitive effort. We tested this hypothesis by instructing participants to lie or tell the truth under conditions of high and low working memory (WM) load. The task required participants to register a response on 80 trials of identical...

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Main Authors: Oshin eVartanian, Peter eKwantes, David R. Mandel, Fethi eBouak, Ann eNakashima, Ingrid eSmith, Quan eLam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
deception
lying
working memory
prefrontal cortex (PFC)
Inhibition (Psychology)
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00616/full

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