1st Edition

The Psychology of Lying and Misrepresentations Behavioural, Neuroscientific and Neuropsychological Perspectives

By Gianfranco Denes Copyright 2023
132 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

132 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This accessible yet scholarly book focuses on the study of the psychology of lying and misrepresentation, exploring the analysis of the cognitive and neural mechanisms that allow the construction of a false response, both consciously and as a consequence of a brain injury. Drawing on perspectives from experimental, neuropsychological and developmental psychology as well as philosophy, the book... Read more

1 Lies; 2 Learning to Lie; 3 Believing Is Easy; 4 Lie Detectors; 5 Pathological Lies and Self-Deception; 6 Memory: Functional Organisation and Its Neurological Basis; 7 Manipulating Public Memory: Fake News, Bullshit, and Factoids; 8 Brain Damage and False Memories: Confabulations; 9 The Neuropsychology of Delusion and Misidentification

Biography

Gianfranco Denes is a neurologist at the head of neurological unit, Venice, and an associate professor of neuropsychology at the University of Padua and Venice. His work has been featured in the major peer reviewed journals of Neurology and Neuropsychology, and he is the author of Talking Heads: The neuroscience of language and Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan: How the brain can change and is the lead editor for Handbook of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (Psychology Press).