In the experiment scientists involved 80 volunteers participating in the special game.
Psychologists from the United States found out why people lie.
The results of their research were published in the Guardian.
For their study, researchers conducted a little experiment. It was attended by 80 volunteers. They broke into pairs, each of them was attended by the assistant organizers. Volunteers needed to estimate the number of coins in the Bank, which was displayed on the monitor. The salary of the assistant depended on the difference that will between the assessment partner and the real amount of money. Scientists have found that even a small lie can stimulate the brain to adapt, to adapt to the situation and cheat on. By the end of the test, the volunteers “increased” the number of coins into eight pieces.
Scanned the brains of twenty-five people, it became clear that the amygdala during the first fraud was the most active. This area is associated with emotions.The more people lied to his assistants, the more decreased the activity of this site.
Thus, scientists believe that the constant deception is related to the need of the organism to adapt, not the desire to come up with.
