Neural correlates of different types of deception: an fMRI investigation.

Giorgi Ganis; S. M. Kosslyn; S. Stose; W. L. Thompson; D. A. Yurgelun-Todd

doi:10.1093/cercor/13.8.830

Neural correlates of different types of deception: an fMRI investigation.

Giorgi Ganis^*, S. M. Kosslyn, S. Stose, W. L. Thompson, D. A. Yurgelun-Todd

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School of Psychology

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Abstract

Deception is a complex cognitive activity, and different types of lies could arise from different neural systems. We investigated this possibility by first classifying lies according to two dimensions, whether they fit into a coherent story and whether they were previously memorized. fMRI revealed that well-rehearsed lies that fit into a coherent story elicit more activation in right anterior frontal cortices than spontaneous lies that do not fit into a story, whereas the opposite pattern occurs in the anterior cingulate and in posterior visual cortex. Furthermore, both types of lies elicited more activation than telling the truth in anterior prefrontal cortices (bilaterally), the parahippocampal gyrus (bilaterally), the right precuneus, and the left cerebellum. At least in part, distinct neural networks support different types of deception.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	830-836
Number of pages	0
Journal	Cereb Cortex
Volume	13
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/13.8.830
Publication status	Published - Aug 2003

Keywords

Non-programmatic
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Brain
Deception
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Nerve Net

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