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Wall Street Journal: The survival of the fibbest

Published: 12 May 2010

Your child tells you he didn't eat a cookie despite the tell-tale crumbs all over his mouth. You call your boss to say you're taking "a sick day," feigning a cough while on the phone. You're both lying, but is it the same? Whether we're 2 years old or 62, our reasons for lying are mostly the same: to get out of trouble, for personal gain and to make ourselves look better in the eyes of others. But a growing body of research is raising questions about how a child's lie is different from an adult's lie, and how the way we deceive changes. (Article looks at the collaborative work of University of Toronto's Dr. Kang Lee and º«¹úÂãÎè's Victoria Talwar).

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