Why some People Keep Lying After Being Discovered: the Explanation of Psychology
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The Court Bobo, work of the 16th century by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, is a historical and universal representation of the figure of the liar. In times of elections, in which lies run loose, the president of the National Academy of Medicine Antonio Egidio Nardi writes about the origins and characteristics of mitomania, the pathology of compulsive lying. Public Domain Lying is a universal human behavior. Lie can protect intimacy, avoid confli…
The experts highlight, among the signs of this behavior, the difficulty to control the impulse and repetition without an obvious benefit
Lying is part of human behavior and can appear since childhood, even in everyday situations where there is no real need to do so. A study from the University of Massachusetts pointed out that 60% of people say some lie during a 10-minute conversation, a behavior that encompasses ... Continue reading "Why are there people who keep lying when their lie has already been discovered? Psychology has an answer"
The lie does not necessarily arise accompanied by a concrete advantage. In certain situations, it may appear as a recurring behavior, even in circumstances in which telling the truth would not bring negative consequences. This pattern, when it becomes persistent and difficult to control, is associated with the so-called mitomania. The phenomenon is different from the so-called sporadic lies, [...]
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