This is off-topic of original discussion regarding society, women and lying, but thought was fascinating:
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11655.html
New study shows that pathological liars, manipulators and cheaters actually have abnormal brain structure!
The researchers found that liars have more white matter and less gray matter in the brain.
White matter is primarily what the brain is made up of; what we think of as "the brain". The habitual liar has a surplus of white matter, and may be more advanced in their verbal skills and in their ability to conduct the complex task of lying.
In contrast, the gray matter is what connects the white matter together. It helps us make moral decisions and aids in suppression and inhibition. Habitual liars, with a deficit in gray matter, therefore, are less able to process the moral decisions of lying.
The article also discusses long-term implications of this finding, including potentially aiding criminal investigations or in making clinical diagnoses.
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This is off-topic of original discussion regarding society, women and lying, but thought was fascinating:
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11655.html
New study shows that pathological liars, manipulators and cheaters actually have abnormal brain structure!
The researchers found that liars have more white matter and less gray matter in the brain.
White matter is primarily what the brain is made up of; what we think of as "the brain". The habitual liar has a surplus of white matter, and may be more advanced in their verbal skills and in their ability to conduct the complex task of lying.
In contrast, the gray matter is what connects the white matter together. It helps us make moral decisions and aids in suppression and inhibition. Habitual liars, with a deficit in gray matter, therefore, are less able to process the moral decisions of lying.
The article also discusses long-term implications of this finding, including potentially aiding criminal investigations or in making clinical diagnoses.
Read the article, and tell me what you think!
March 8, 2008 - 2:52pmThis Comment
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