Self-Deception Reduces Cognitive Load: The Role of Involuntary Conscious Memory Impairment

People often hear classic allusions such as plugging one’s ears while stealing a bell, drawing cakes to satisfy one’s hunger, and the emperor’s new clothes. These allusions reflect a principle that people believe in nonexistent phenomena to satisfy their desires, also called self-deception. The curr...

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Main Authors: Zengdan Jian, Wenjie Zhang, Ling Tian, Wei Fan, Yiping Zhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01718/full