Limited capacity to lie: Cognitive load interferes with being dishonest
The current study tested the boundary conditions of ethical decision-making by increasing cognitive load. This manipulation is believed to hinder deliberation, and, as we argue, reduces the cognitive capacity needed for a self-serving bias to occur. As telling a lie is believed to be more cognitive...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/13/131120/jdm131120.pdf |