Are meat eaters more selfish than vegetarians? Do chaotic situations promote stereotyping? Do we feel smarter when those close to us win awards? These and other intriguing questions have been recently ...

Many people find the topic of human deception fascinating. What I like most about deception research is that in the realm of deception, nothing is what it seems. To see what I mean, try taking this ...

“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving yourself.”—Ludwig Wittgenstein Self-deception is often easy to recognize in others but far more difficult to recognize in ourselves. With another, we may have ...

Lying is woven into the fabric of human existence in ways that might shock you. From the moment we wake up until we close our eyes at night, deception plays a more prominent role in our lives than ...