Alloway, T.P., McCallum, F., Alloway, R.G. et al. (1 more author) (2015) Liar, liar, working memory on fire: Investigating the role of working memory in childhood verbal deception. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 137. pp. 30-38. ISSN 0022-0965
Abstract
The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of working memory in verbal deception in children. We presented 6- and 7-year-olds with a temptation resistance paradigm; they played a trivia game and were then given an opportunity to peek at the final answers on the back of a card. Measures of both verbal and visuospatial working memory were included. The good liars performed better on the verbal working memory test in both processing and recall compared with the bad liars. However, there was no difference in visuospatial working scores between good liars and bad liars. This pattern suggests that verbal working memory plays a role in processing and manipulating the multiple pieces of information involved in lie-telling.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Deception; Lying; Verbal working memory; Visuo-spatial working memory; Semantic leakage; Second-order belief |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2015 10:45 |
Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2016 15:29 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.03.013 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.03.013 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85341 |