Self-deception: Adaptation or by-product?
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Self-deception: Adaptation or by-product?
By systematically biasing our beliefs, self-deception can endanger our ability to successfully convey our messages. It can also lead lies to degenerate into more severe damages in relationships. Accordingly, I suggest that the biases reviewed in the target article do not aim at self-deception but instead are the by-products of several other mechanisms: our natural tendency to self-enhance, the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0140-525X,1469-1825
DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x10002281