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"When you ask a normal, right-handed person about something he's supposed to have seen, if he looks upward and to his left, he's truly accessing his memory of the incident," Bouton says.
Paternalistic lies are rooted in subjective assumptions, which can solely predict the target's preferences. [4] Several studies show that targets judge paternalistic lies harshly because they perceive their autonomy to have been violated. [4] The underlying reason is the belief in the right to know the truth. [4]
Normal lies are defensive and told to avoid the consequences of truth telling. They are often white lies that spare another's feelings, reflect a pro-social attitude, and make civilized human contact possible. [14] Pathological lying can be described as an habituation of lying: someone consistently lies for no obvious personal gain. [31]
Because people tend to tell the truth more often than they lie (e.g., [20]) and because individuating cues are typically not diagnostic, [19] ALIED argues that this is why people are biased to believe others show the truth bias: it is not a default of honesty (as TDT would claim), but an adaptive and functional decision that reflects the best ...
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Paolo: It feels to me, the rare moment you have in life -- that, you know, surreal situation -- and you are like living in a different time zone, in a
A white lie is a harmless or trivial lie, especially one told in order to be polite or to avoid hurting someone's feelings or stopping them from being upset by the truth. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] A white lie also is considered a lie to be used for greater good (pro-social behavior).
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