Are individuals with higher psychopathic traits better learners at lying? Behavioural and neural evidence.

ABSTRACT: High psychopathy is characterized by untruthfulness and manipulativeness. However, existing evidence on higher propensity or capacity to lie among non-incarcerated high-psychopathic individuals is equivocal. Of particular importance, no research has investigated whether greater psychopathic tendency is associated with better 'trainability' of lying. An understanding of whether the neurobehavioral processes of lying are modifiable through practice offers significant theoretical and practical implications. By employing a longitudinal design involving university students with varying degrees of psychopathic traits, we successfully demonstrate that the performance speed of lying about face familiarity significantly improved following two sessions of practice, which occurred only among those wi

SUBMITTER: Shao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5538125 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature