My right I: Deception detection and hemispheric differences in self-awareness
- Keywords:
- deception detection, right hemisphere, self-awareness, theory of mind, self, laterality, asymmetry, Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire, Self-Consciousness Scale, role of information processing
- Abstract
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Previous research has indicated a relationship between the ability to detect deceit and self-awareness. In this study, 2 experiments were conducted to further investigate this relationship. 32 (28 females and 4 males) undergraduate students listened to 116 true and false statements with headphones in an attempt to determine which statements contained deception. The participants also completed a variety of self-awareness questionnaires including the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (Raine, 1991) and the Self-Consciousness Scale (Fenigstein, Scheier, & Buss, 1975). An additional 11 participants were tested with the statements played in reverse to determine the role of information processing. It was found there was a correlation between self-awareness and deception detection. These data support the hypothesis that self-awareness is related to mental state attribution (theory of mind).
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- 2003-12-01
- Issue
- Volume 31, 2003, Issue 8
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