A study reveals how self-deception makes us feel smarter and more accomplished - even when we're unknowingly cheating ...

"I found that people do cheat when there are no extrinsic incentives like money or prizes but intrinsic rewards, like feeling ...

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Sometimes, we cheat—not for money or prizes, but just to feel better about ourselves. A new study reveals that people engage ...

Chance, Zoë, and Michael I. Norton. "The What and Why of Self-deception." Special Issue on Morality and Ethics edited by Francesca Gino and Shaul Salvi. Current Opinion in Psychology 6 (December 2015) ...

"For this to work, it has to happen via diagnostic self-deception, meaning that I have to convince myself that I am actually not cheating. Doing so allows me to feel smarter, more accomplished or ...

Successful individuals often believe that they have exceptional skills at “reading people,” but studies show that isn’t true – and their overconfidence can actively harm their companies ...

"In a nutshell, this document has only two components: deceit and self-deceit", Dennis Pushilin said DONETSK, September 13. /TASS/. Kiev’s draft document on its security guarantees is nothing ...