Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying deceptive hazard evaluation: An event-related potentials investigation.

ABSTRACT: Deceptive behavior is common in human social interactions. Researchers have been trying to uncover the cognitive process and neural basis underlying deception due to its theoretical and practical significance. We used Event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the neural correlates of deception when the participants completed a hazard judgment task. Pictures conveying or not conveying hazard information were presented to the participants who were then requested to discriminate the hazard content (safe or hazardous) and make a response corresponding to the cues (truthful or deceptive). Behavioral and electrophysiological data were recorded during the entire experiment. Results showed that deceptive responses, compared to truthful responses, were associated with longer reaction time (RT)

SUBMITTER: Fu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5549904 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature