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  2. Why are some people pathological liars? Experts explain.

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    Pathological liars are often good story tellers and they sometimes believe their own lies, according to experts. Pathological liars are often good story tellers and they sometimes believe their ...

  3. Pathological lying - Wikipedia

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    Curtis and Hart (2020) defined pathological lying as "a persistent, pervasive, and often compulsive pattern of excessive lying behavior that leads to clinically significant impairment of functioning in social, occupational, or other areas; causes marked distress; poses a risk to the self or others; and occurs for longer than 6 months" (p. 63).

  4. The real reason psychopaths are such good liars - AOL

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    Instead, it appears that people who score highly on so-called "psychopathic traits," such as impulsive behavior and a lack of remorse, may actually be better at learning to lie than people who don't.

  5. Lie - Wikipedia

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    The fictional character Pinocchio is a common depiction of a liar. A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. [1] [2] [3] The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar.

  6. Microexpression - Wikipedia

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    Some people are born able to control their expressions (such as pathological liars), while others are trained, for example actors. "Natural liars" may be aware of their ability to control microexpressions, and so may those who know them well; they may have been "getting away" with things since childhood due to greater ease in fooling their ...

  7. 4 things liars all do - AOL

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    If they happen to be more habitual liars, then they are pretty consistently not open communicators and it can often feel like you are pulling teeth trying to get details, answers, or information ...

  8. Truth-default theory - Wikipedia

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    Truth-default theory (TDT) is a communication theory which predicts and explains the use of veracity and deception detection in humans. It was developed upon the discovery of the veracity effect - whereby the proportion of truths versus lies presented in a judgement study on deception will drive accuracy rates.

  9. Why Pop Culture Keeps Falling for the “Gay Liar” - AOL

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    The more terrible things Tom does (and he does many), the more his lies keep piling up. Netflix’s fresh take on this story is timely, because our culture in this moment is especially fascinated ...