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 Children Start Lying as Young as 2. Here's What Science Says About Deception

Lying changes your brain.
WILLIAM WAN & SARAH KAPLAN, THE WASHINGTON POST
26 AUG 2018

We all do it sometimes, even though we know it's wrong.

But here's the problem with lying: Research shows that the more you lie, the easier it gets, and the more likely you are to do it again.

"The dangerous thing about lying is people don't understand how the act changes us," said Dan Ariely, behavioral psychologist at Duke.

https://www.sciencealert.com/children-start-lying-as-young-as-2-here-s-what-science-says-about-deception

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