According to a 2013 study from the journal Communication Sciences, these lies aren’t the same as the everyday fibs we’re used to. The study found that there are four main reasons we tell these ...

Researchers came up with six types of lies based on the reasons that lead people to be dishonest: Irrespective of why people choose to lie, psychological burden of being deceptive weighs heavy on ...

Pathological lying differs from other types of lying (like habitual lying, compulsive lying, or occasional lying) because pathological liars live in a false sense of self, while other types of ...