Lying is common among adults and a more complex issue in children. In this article, I review
two decades of empirical evidence about lying in children from the perspective of speech act …

The veracity of child witness testimony is central to the justice system where there are
serious consequences for the child, the accused, and society. Thus, it is important to …

Why do people lie? Do gender and personality differences affect how people lie? How can
lies be detected? Detecting Lies and Deceit provides the most comprehensive review of …

The relation between children's lie‐telling and their social and cognitive development was
examined. Children (3–8 years) were told not to peek at a toy. Most children peeked and …

The development of lying to conceal one's own transgression was examined in school-age
children. Children (N= 172) between 6 and 11 years of age were asked not to peek at the …

Deception is a universal feature of life, at all levels and in all relationships both within
species and between species, inside individuals and outside, with strong effects on both …

Although research reveals that children as young as 3 can use deception and will take steps
to obscure truth, research concerning how well others detect children's deceptive efforts …

Deception is commonly seen in everyday social interactions. However, most of the
knowledge about the underlying neural mechanism of deception comes from studies where …

Key to understanding the long‐term impact of social inequalities is identifying early
behaviors that may signal higher risk for later poor psychosocial outcomes, such as …

This study explored parent (N= 146) perspectives about situations in which they think it is
acceptable to lie, how this corresponds to how they socialise their children about lie‐telling …