White Lies in Hand: Are Other-Oriented Lies Modified by Hand Gestures? Possibly Not.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have shown that the hand-over-heart gesture is related to being more honest as opposed to using self-centered dishonesty. We assumed that the hand-over-heart gesture would also relate to other-oriented dishonesty, though the latter differs highly from self-centered lying. In Study 1 (N = 79), we showed that performing a hand-over-heart gesture diminished the tendency to use other-oriented white lies and that the fingers crossed behind one's back gesture was not related to higher dishonesty. We then pre-registered and conducted Study 2 (N = 88), which was designed following higher methodological standards than Study 1. Contrary, to the findings of Study 1, we found that using the hand-over-heart gesture did not result in refraining from using other-oriented wh

SUBMITTER: Cantarero K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5479878 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature