Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Possible Neurobiological Basis Found for Tradeoff Between Honesty, Self-Interest

What's the price of your integrity? Tell the truth; everyone has a tipping point. All of us want to be honest, but at some point, we lie if the benefit is great enough. Now, scientists have confirmed the area of the brain in which we make that decision. The result was published online this week in iNature Neuroscience/i. "We prefer to be honest, even if lying is beneficial," said Lusha Zhu, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral associate at ...

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