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  The neural basis of deception in strategic interactions

Volz, K. G., Vogeley, K., Tittgemeyer, M., von Cramon, D. Y., & Sutter, M. (2015). The neural basis of deception in strategic interactions. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9: 27. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00027.

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Volz, Kirsten G.1, Author
Vogeley, Kai2, 3, Author
Tittgemeyer, Marc4, Author
von Cramon, D. Yves5, Author           
Sutter, Matthias6, 7, Author
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1Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany, ou_634563              
2Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Cologne, Germany, ou_persistent22              
3Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Center Jülich, Germany, ou_persistent22              
4Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany, ou_persistent22              
5Department Cognitive Neurology, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, Leipzig, DE, ou_634563              
6Department of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck, Austria, ou_persistent22              
7Department of Economics, University of Cologne, Germany, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Deception; Sophisticated deception; fMRI experiment; Temporo-parietal junction; Strategic interactions; Habenula
 Abstract: Communication based on informational asymmetries abounds in politics, business, and almost any other form of social interaction. Informational asymmetries may create incentives for the better-informed party to exploit her advantage by misrepresenting information. Using a game-theoretic setting, we investigate the neural basis of deception in human interaction. Unlike in most previous fMRI research on deception, the participants decide themselves whether to lie or not. We find activation within the right temporo-parietal junction (rTPJ), the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), the (pre)cuneus (CUN), and the anterior frontal gyrus (aFG) when contrasting lying with truth telling. Notably, our design also allows for an investigation of the neural foundations of sophisticated deception through telling the truth—when the sender does not expect the receiver to believe her (true) message. Sophisticated deception triggers activation within the same network as plain lies, i.e., we find activity within the rTPJ, the CUN, and aFG. We take this result to show that brain activation can reveal the sender's veridical intention to deceive others, irrespective of whether in fact the sender utters the factual truth or not.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2014-09-302015-01-272015-02-12
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00027
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Title: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  Abbreviation : Front Behav Neurosci
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Publ. Info: Lausanne, Switzerland : Frontiers Research Foundation
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 9 Sequence Number: 27 Start / End Page: - Identifier: Other: 1662-5153
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/1662-5153