From: MSNBC
The lies we email each other
November 28, 2011
msnbc:
Wondering if that fabulous man you’ve been chatting with online is really a mountain-climbing astronaut fluent in six languages, including Latin?
According to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, chances are he’s simply one of the many people who can’t help stretching the truth when they hit the keyboard.
“I wouldn’t say that human beings are a big pack of liars,” says Robert S. Feldman, professor of psychology and dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. “But I would say that it’s very easy to lie.”
This is especially true when we go online, according to Feldman’s research.
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