Neural Correlates of Deception : A Special Issue of Social Neuroscience

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Neural Correlates of DeceptionA Special Issue of Social Neuroscience\nAuthor(s): Giorgio Ganis, Julian Keenan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Psychology Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781848727120, 978-1848727120\nSynopsis\nDeception, also known as \""lying\"", is a pervasive and fundamental social behavior in which a person attempts to persuade another to accept as true what the deceiver believes to be untrue. Because of its essential role in our social life, it is important for social neuroscience to reveal the inner workings of deception. This special issue provides a representative sample of new empirical research on the cognitive and neural processes associated with producing deceptive responses. Eight contributions report studies employing a variety of paradigms and techniques (behavioral, functional magnetic resonance imaging, event-related potentials, and transcranial magnetic stimulation) that address several theoretical and methodologica.