The mental representation of true and false intentions: a comparison of schema-consistent and schema-inconsistent tasks.

ABSTRACT: True and false intentions (i.e., lies and truths about one's future actions) is a relatively new research topic, despite the high societal value of being able to predict future criminal behavior (e.g., in the case of an alleged terrorist attack). The current study examined how true and false intentions are mentally represented - the knowledge of which can aid the development of new deception detection methods. Participants (N = 151) were asked either to form a true intention about a future task (i.e., retrieve objects from an office) or to form a false intention about the same task (i.e., prepare a cover story about retrieving objects from an office) to conceal their actual intention (i.e., leave a secret note in the office). The schema consistency of the task was manipulated by presenting

SUBMITTER: Calderon S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6682835 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature