Undoing the past in order to lie in the present: Counterfactual thinking and deceptive communication
dc.contributor.author | Briazu, RA | |
dc.contributor.author | Walsh, Clare | |
dc.contributor.author | Deeprose, Catherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Ganis, Giorgio | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-26T15:04:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-26T15:04:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04-01 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0010-0277 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1873-7838 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9365 | |
dc.description | publisher: 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. | |
dc.description.abstract |
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.extent | 66-73 | |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.subject | Counterfactual thinking | |
dc.subject | Lying | |
dc.subject | Deception | |
dc.subject | Social cognition | |
dc.title | Undoing the past in order to lie in the present: Counterfactual thinking and deceptive communication | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.type | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |
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plymouth.volume | 161 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Cognition | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.003 | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Psychology | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA04 Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB) | |
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dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2017-01-06 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2018-4-1 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1873-7838 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.003 | |
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2017-04-01 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |