In this new series, I shall be examining some of the most important methods of self-deception, starting today with the ego defence of rationalization. Rationalization is the use of feeble but ...
“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving yourself.”—Ludwig Wittgenstein Self-deception is often easy to recognize in others but far more difficult to recognize in ourselves. With another, we may have ...
A recent study published in the journal Psychophysiology suggests that when people are unsure about their own performance but try to boast about it, their bodies still show subtle signs of lying. The ...
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