ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021
Neural mechanisms of deliberate dishonesty: Dissociating deliberation from other control processes during dishonest behaviors.
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.
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- A reverse hierarchy theory of social perception.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Review
- Neurocomputational mechanisms of personal benefits and justifications in moral decision-making.Communications biology · 2025Article
- EEG-based deception detection using weighted dual perspective visibility graph analysis.Cognitive neurodynamics · 2024Article
- The Role of Cognition in Dishonest Behavior.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Reply to Zhen and Yu: Cognitive control as questionable proxy for deliberation in honest behaviors.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Spontaneous dishonesty does not specifically engage the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Neural mechanisms of deliberate dishonesty: Dissociating deliberation from other control processes during dishonest behaviors.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
Numerous studies have sought proof of whether people are genuinely honest by testing whether cognitive control mechanisms are recruited during honest and dishonest behaviors. The underlying assumption is: Deliberate behaviors require cognitive control to inhibit intuitive responses. However, cognitive control during honest and dishonest behaviors can be required for other reasons than deliberation. Across 58 neuroimaging studies (1,211 subjects), we investigated different forms of honest and dishonest behaviors and demonstrated that many brain regions previously implicated in dishonesty may reflect more general cognitive mechanisms. We argue that the motivational/volitional dimension is central to deliberation and provide evidence that motivated dishonest behaviors recruit the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex. This work questions the view that cognitive control is a hallmark of dishonesty.
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