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dc.contributor.authorBriazu, RA
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Clare
dc.contributor.authorDeeprose, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorGanis, Giorgio
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-26T15:04:10Z
dc.date.available2017-05-26T15:04:10Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-01
dc.identifier.issn0010-0277
dc.identifier.issn1873-7838
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9365
dc.descriptionpublisher: Elsevier articletitle: Undoing the past in order to lie in the present: Counterfactual thinking and deceptive communication journaltitle: Cognition articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.003 content_type: article copyright: © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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This paper explores the proposal that there is a close link between counterfactual thinking and lying. Both require the imagination of alternatives to reality and we describe four studies which explore this link. In Study 1 we measured individual differences in both abilities and found that individuals with a tendency to generate counterfactual thoughts were also more likely to generate potential lies. Studies 2 and 3 showed that counterfactual availability influences people's ability to come up with lies and the extent to which they expect others to lie. Study 4 used a behavioural measure of deception to show that people tend to lie more in situations also known to elicit counterfactual thoughts. Overall, the results show that the imagination of alternatives to the past plays an important role in the generation of lies. We discuss the implications for the fields of counterfactual thinking and deception.

dc.format.extent66-73
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectCounterfactual thinking
dc.subjectLying
dc.subjectDeception
dc.subjectSocial cognition
dc.titleUndoing the past in order to lie in the present: Counterfactual thinking and deceptive communication
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.volume161
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalCognition
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.003
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dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-01-06
dc.rights.embargodate2018-4-1
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