Culture affects how people deceive others say researchers
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 12:32
in Psychology & Sociology
People's language changes when they lie depending on their cultural background, psychologists have discovered. Linguistic cues to deception do not appear consistently across all cultures. The differences are dictated by known cultural differences in cognition and social norms. This has implications for everything from forensic risk assessments, discrimination proceedings and the evaluation of asylum seekers.