Friday, September 30, 2005

Liars’ Brains Make Fibbing Come Naturally

Liars’ Brains Make Fibbing Come Naturally
(New Scientist)
He found that pathological liars have on average more white matter in their prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain that is active during lying, and less gray matter than people who are not serial fibbers. White matter enables quick, complex thinking while gray matter mediates inhibitions.

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