Good Liars Are Neither ‘Dark’ Nor Self-Deceptive
Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Gordon R. T. Wright, Christopher J. Berry, Caroline Catmur, Geoffrey Bird Published: June 17, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127315 Abstract Deception is a central component of the personality ‘Dark Triad’ (Machiavellianism, Psychopathy and Narcissism). However, whether individuals exhibiting high scores on Dark Triad measures have a heightened deceptive ability has received little experimental attention. The present study tested whether the ability to lie effectively, and to detect lies told by others, was related to Dark Triad, Lie Acceptability,…