Altruistic and self-serving goals modulate behavioral and neural responses in deception.

ABSTRACT: People tell lies not only for their own self-interests but sometimes also to help others. Little is known about the ways in which different types of goals modulate behaviors and neural responses in deception. The present study investigated the neural processes associated with spontaneous deception that occurs with altruistic reasons (i.e. the money would be donated to charity), self-serving reasons (i.e. the participant receives all of the money) and mixed goals (i.e. the money would be equally split between the participant and the charity). Altruistic motivation for deception reduced the intensity of moral conflict and the subsequent mental cost of resolving this conflict, reflected by a smaller N2-P3 effect in the purely altruistic condition. When making decisions about whether to lie, s

SUBMITTER: Cui F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5793826 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature