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Study: Babies Start Deceiving as Early as 8 Months
Researchers found about 25% of infants show deception by 10 months and 50% by 17 months, with behaviors growing more complex by ages 2 to 3 years.
- Researchers led by Elena Hoicka found some children begin attempting to deceive parents before their first birthdays, based on interviews with parents of 750 children.
- About a quarter of children are deceptive by 10 months and half by 17 months, with deception becoming more elaborate by their third birthdays.
- Younger infants commonly hide items or pretend not to hear, while two-year-olds deny eating sweets or hide things, often hiding under a table or in the bathroom and fabricating stories like 'a ghost ate the chocolate.'
- Researchers say early lying is normal and hope the findings give parents and caregivers a development roadmap; Hoicka said, 'It was fascinating to uncover how children's understanding and usage of deception evolves from a surprisingly young age and builds in their first years so they become quite adept and cunning 'little liars',' in a news release.
- The findings link early deception to developing working memory and representational thought, with Saul saying 'this study shows just how much complexity gets overlooked by that focus.
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