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Why do we lie?

21 November 2023

Professor Tali Sharot (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) describes the activity that takes place in our brains’ frontal lobes and amygdala when we lie. She speaks of her research that shows the more we actually lie, the less our brain reacts telling us not to.

Listen: BBC World Service ‘CrowdScience’ (from 16 mins 12 secs)