Lying
Telling a lie comes with the obstacle of overcoming the truth. Our experiments revolve around the question how the cognitive system deals with these opposing action tendencies.
Exemplary Publications
Foerster, A., Wirth, R., Herbort, O., Kunde, W. & Pfister, R. (2017). Lying upside-down: Alibis reverse cognitive burdens of dishonesty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23(3), 301–319.
https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000129
Foerster, A., Wirth, R., Berghoefer, F. L., Kunde, W. & Pfister, R. (2019). Capacity limitations of dishonesty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(6), 943–961.