Darkness increases dishonest behavior, study shows
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 14:14
in Psychology & Sociology
New research shows that darkness may induce a psychological feeling of illusory anonymity, just as children playing "hide and seek" will close their eyes and believe that other cannot see them, the experience of darkness, even one as subtle as wearing a pair of sunglasses, triggers the belief that we are warded from others' attention and inspections.